Harvard Art Museums > 1997.210: Soul History Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Soul History (Romare Bearden) , 1997.210,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/213928. This object does not yet have a description. 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 Location Location Level 3, Room 3610, University Teaching Gallery View this object's location on our interactive map 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 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. 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 Art of the Black World, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2024 - 01/05/2025 Subjects and Contexts Collection Highlights 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
