Memory and Metaphor: The Art of Romare Bearden 1940-1987

by Romare Bearden, Sharon F. Patton, Mary Schmidt Campbell

Book Overview

When the prolific African American artist Romare Bearden died in 1988 at age 76, there had not been a full retrospective of his work in seventeen years. In April 1991, however, The Studio Museum in Harlem is planning a major exhibition that will offer a survey of the entire spectrum of Bearden's paintings--from the cubist figurative pieces of the 40s, through the lyrical abstractions of the 50s and early 60s, to the brilliant later collages. After...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195063481
• ISBN13: 9780195063486
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.4" x 10.0"