Cattle of the Sun God

1979

Romare Bearden

Artist, American, 1911 - 1988

Hugh MacKay’s Atelier 52

Printer

Romare Bearden

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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 × 55.88 cm (18 1/8 × 22 in.)
    sheet: 53.76 × 50.8 cm (21 3/16 × 20 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.142.4

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: 46.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 65/125; lower right in graphite: Romare Bearden; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: Cattle of / Sun god / 800- / BEA-6

Markings

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

Watermarks

LANA

Wikidata ID

Q77006210

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