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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1997.210
People
Romare Bearden, American (Charlotte, NC 1911 - 1988 New York, NY)
Title
Soul History
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1969
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/213928

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Collage, graphite, colored pencil, and gouache on masonite
Technique
Collage
Dimensions
50.8 x 43.2 cm (20 x 17 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: u.r.: romare bearden
  • label: On verso: Museum of Fine Arts / Boston MA 02115 / Romare Bearden / 71.1994 / Soul History / 1965
  • inscription: In red ink on masking tape adhered to verso: 9459 Cordier Ekstrom
  • stamp: On paper adhered to verso: Received / APR 1969 / MFG. DEPT. / ALCO GRAVURE / 4933 / (Cover) 4/20

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Romare Bearden, consigned; to [Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Abram London, 1969, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1997.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Abram M. London, M.D., Class of 1957
Copyright
© Romare Bearden Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1997
Object Number
1997.210
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • James Cuno, ed., A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions by the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, Mass., Spring 2000), p. 86-87, ill. (color)
  • David Bindman, Suzanne Blier, and Vera Grant, ed., Art of Jazz: Form, Performance, Notes, exh. cat., Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art (Cambridge, MA, 2017), p. 45, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

  • HAA 1 Survey Course: Landmarks of World Art and Architecture [Spring 2007], Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/26/2007 - 04/08/2007
  • HAA 1 Survey Course (S421): Landmarks of World Art and Architecture [Spring 2009], Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/12/2009 - 05/10/2009
  • Art of Jazz: Form, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/23/2016 - 05/08/2016

Subjects and Contexts

  • Collection Highlights

Verification Level

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