Romare Bearden American , 1911-1988
61 x 71.1 cm
Provenance
[Kootz Gallery, New York]
John S. Borg, Cambridge, Massachusetts, acquired directly from the above
Cynthia Borg Mintz, White Plains, New York, 1957, his sister
Private collection, 2013
Exhibitions
Exhibited
New York, Smauel M. Kootz Gallery, Romare Bearden: The Passion of Christ, October 8 – 27, 1945, no. 14
Andover, Massachusetts, Addison Gallery of Art, Seeing the Unseeable, January 3 – March 9, 1947
Literature
Ben Wolf, “Bearden – He Wrestles with Angels,” The Art Digest, October 1, 1945, p. 16
“The Passing Shows,” Art News, October 15 – 31, 1945, pp. 28 – 29, illus.
Mary Chalmers Rathbun and Barlett H. Hayes, Jr., Layman’s Guide to Modern Art: Painting for a Scientific Age (New York: Oxford University Press, 1949), n.p., illus.
“How to Scoff at Modern Art . . . Intelligently,” Pageant, June 1950, pp.64 – 73, illus.