1997.210: Soul History
Paintings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1997.210
- People
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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
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- 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
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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
- Art of the Black World, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2024 - 01/05/2025
Subjects and Contexts
- Collection Highlights
Verification Level
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