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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Romare Bearden, Marriage of the Viper (From the Rituals of the Obeah Series), 1984

Romare Bearden American, 1911-1988

Marriage of the Viper (From the Rituals of the Obeah Series), 1984
Watercolor on paper
30 1/2 x 20 5/8 inches
77.5 x 52.4 cm
Signed lower center: Rom / are / Bear / den; inscribed on verso at lower right: C. "Mariay Vipe-d" Marriage of the Viper / Le Mariage de la Vipiere
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Provenance

The artist;
[Cordier & Ekstrom, New York, 1984]; to
Private collection, New York;
By descent to the present owner

Exhibitions

Cordier & Ekstrom, New York, Romare Bearden: Rituals of the Obeah, Watercolors, November 14-December 15, 1984, no. 285

Literature

Romare Bearden: Rituals of the Obeah, New York: Cordier & Ekstrom, 1984 // Michael Brenson, "Romare Bearden, 'Rituals of the Obeah'," The New York Times, November 30, 1984, C23 // Barbara Fazio, ed., Romare Bearden: His Life and Art, New York: Abrams, 1990, pp. 241-243 // Sally Price and Richard Price, Romare Bearden: The Caribbean Dimension, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006, p. 142, no. 117, illus.
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