Sirens' Song

1979

Romare Bearden

Artist, American, 1911 - 1988

Hugh MacKay’s Atelier 52

Printer

Romare Bearden

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color screenprint on wove Lana paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Richard A. Simms

  • Dimensions

    image: 46.04 × 60.96 cm (18 1/8 × 24 in.)
    sheet: 55.56 × 74.3 cm (21 7/8 × 29 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.142.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Bill Hodges, NY); gift to NGA, 2013

Associated Names

Bibliography

1992

  • Gelburd, Gail and Alex Rosenberg. A Graphic Odyssey: Romare Bearden as Printmaker. Exh. cat., University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992: 48.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 65/125; lower right in graphite: Romare Bearden; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: Sirens / Song / 800- / X BEA-5

Markings

blindstamp: HMK (for printer Mohammad Omer Khalil, New York)

Watermarks

LANA

Wikidata ID

Q77006209

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