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The Family from An American Portrait

Name: The Family From An American Portrait | Romare Bearden
Brand: RoGallery
SKU: 79342

Romare Bearden

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American (1911–1988)

Date: 1976
Aquatint and photoengraving in colors on wove paper, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 36/175
Size: 19.5 x 26 in. (49.53 x 66.04 cm)
Printer: Transworld Art, blindstamp
Reference: Gelburd/Rosenberg, GG. 55A

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about The Family from An American Portrait

This print by Romare Bearden typifies the subject matter that made him famous - the work depicts an average African American family preparing for a meal.

Based on a collage from which numerous photo-etching plates were made, the work is among the artist’s most ambitious prints, conceptually and technically. In it Bearden used photographic snippets derived from popular magazines like Ebony and The Saturday Evening Post.

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About The Artist: Romare Bearden

Romare Bearden, painter and collage maker, fills his works with the symbols and myths of the American black experience. Romare Howard Bearden was born on September 2, 1911, to (Richard) Howard and Bessye Bearden in Charlotte, North Carolina, and died in New York City on March 12, 1988, at the age of 76. His life and art are marked by exceptional talent, encompassing a broad range of intellectual and scholarly interests, including music,...

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About The Medium: Aquatint

An etching process in which tone is created by treating a plate with fine particles of acid resistant material (like powder resin) and then placing the plate in an acid bath. The acid bites into the plate between the grains of resin and when printed, the mass of tiny spots produces a textured area with tonal effects similar to watercolor wash.

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The Family from An American Portrait

Romare Bearden

about The Family from An American Portrait

About The Artist: Romare Bearden

About The Medium: Aquatint

Customer Service

A Variety of Styles

Industry Leading Logistics

Recent collections:

Curated by RoGallery

Art on Sale

Halloween Art

So Surreal, Surrealist Art

Autumn Harvest Art - Fruits and Vegetables

Inward Eye - Richard Anuszkiewicz

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