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![[image] The Block II, 1972](images/fullscreen/170-101.jpg)
Romare Bearden, The Block II, 1972
collage of various papers with
foil, paint, ink, graphite, and surface abrasion on seventeen fiberboard and
plywood panels
including two applied in relief and one recessed
The Walter O. Evans Collection
of African American Art
© Romare Bearden Foundation/Licensed by VAGA,
New York, N.Y.
Documenting Lenox Avenue between 132d and 133d Street in Harlem, The Block
II is one of Bearden's most complex views of New York. A non-judgmental guide,
the artist helps us bear witness to people of varied races and ages engaged
in the spiritual and secular activities of everyday life.