2021.634: Courtyard Sky

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2021.634

People

Romare Bearden, American (Charlotte, NC 1911 - 1988 New York, NY)

Title

Courtyard Sky

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c.1968

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/374751

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Collage on board

Technique

Collage

Dimensions

48.9 × 38.7 × 1.9 cm (19 1/4 × 15 1/4 × 3/4 in.)
frame: 55.1 × 44.9 × 5.1 cm (21 11/16 × 17 11/16 × 2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: u.l., in black ink: Romare Bearden
• exhibition label: removed from backing board: Museums of Contemporary Art / "Memory and Metaphor: The Art of Romare Bearden, / 1940-1987," Museum of Contemporary Art, September / 28 - November 10, 1991. / Romare Bearden / Courtyard Sky, 1968 / Collage on board / Collection Jan and David Shapiro, Washington, D.C. / 237 East Ontario Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611, 312/280-2660
• exhibition label: removed from backing board: From the Commonwealth of Massachusetts / Massachusetts College of Art / 364 Brookline Avenue Boston, Mass. 02215 / Courtyard Sky / Boston Collects Bearden. May 82

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Estate of Sara Shapiro, by descent; to David L. Shapiro (1975-2019), by inheritance; to Jane B. Shapiro (2019-2021), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2021.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the David L. and Jane B. Shapiro Collection

Copyright

© Romare Bearden Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Accession Year

2021

Object Number

2021.634

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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