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Black Madonna and Child

Object Details

Provenance
Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York
Margit W. Chanin, New York, to 16 November 1973
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York and Washington, DC, 16 November 1973-31 August 1981
Estate of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1981-1986
Joseph H. HIrshhorn Bequest, 1981
Exhibition History
STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM, New York. "Memory and Metaphor: The Art of Romare Bearden, 1940-1987," 14 April-11 August 1991. Tour: MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Chicago, 28 September-10 November; WIGHT GALLERY, University of California, Los Angeles, 8 December-2 February 1992; HIGH MUSEUM OF ART, Atlanta, 10 March-3 May; CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART, Pittsburgh, 20 May-25 July; NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 2 October 1992-4 January 1993.
Published References
None recorded
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Artist
Romare H. Bearden, American, b. Charlotte, North Carolina, 1912–1988
Date
(1969)
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
Medium
Paper, photomechanical reproduction, pencil, gouache, ink and fabric on paperboard
Dimensions
24 7/8 x 16 3/4 in. (63.1 x 42.6 cm)
Type
Collage

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