Harvard Art Museums > M19982: Before the First Whistle Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Before the First Whistle (Romare Bearden) , M19982,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 15, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/257623. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M19982 People Romare Bearden, American (Charlotte, NC 1911 - 1988 New York, NY) Title Before the First Whistle Other Titles Alternate Title: Early Morning Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1973 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/257623 Physical Descriptions Technique Lithograph Dimensions design: 39.5 x 31.5 cm (15 9/16 x 12 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: romaire beardon (not assigned): l.r of image in pencil: romare bearden Provenance Recorded Ownership History Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Mandel, Great Neck, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Edition 11/50 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Samuel S. Mandel, M.D. Copyright © Romare Bearden Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Object Number M19982 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Commentary Romare Bearden's work was shaped by personal and collective histories of African-American experience. This work's title emphasizes the cyclical regimentation of his subject's lives around labor in the local factory. The theme evokes the migration of many African Americans from the South to the North in search of greater social and economic opportunities and the ways in which their lives were transformed by the rhythms of urban industrial life. Publication History Timothy Anglin Burgard, American Art at Harvard: Cultures and Contexts, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1994), p. 10, cat. 27 Exhibition History American Art at Harvard: Cultures and Contexts, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/01/1994 - 12/30/1994 HAA 1 Survey Course (S421): Landmarks of World Art and Architecture (Spring 2010), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/05/2010 - 05/09/2010 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
