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Artworks
Romare Bearden American, 1911-1988
Marriage of the Viper (From the Rituals of the Obeah Series), 1984Watercolor on paper30 1/2 x 20 5/8 inches
77.5 x 52.4 cmSigned lower center: Rom / are / Bear / den; inscribed on verso at lower right: C. "Mariay Vipe-d" Marriage of the Viper / Le Mariage de la VipiereProvenance
The artist;
[Cordier & Ekstrom, New York, 1984]; to
Private collection, New York;
By descent to the present ownerExhibitions
Cordier & Ekstrom, New York, Romare Bearden: Rituals of the Obeah, Watercolors, November 14-December 15, 1984, no. 285Literature
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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