Romare Bearden American, 1911-1988
Cattle of the Sun God, 1977
Signed at lower left: Rom / are / bear / den
Mixed-media collage on board
12 x 14 1/2 inches
30.5 x 36.8 cm
30.5 x 36.8 cm
Provenance
The artist; to[Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York, 1977]; to
Isabel H. Ault, New York, 1977;
Private collection, Los Angeles;
[Franklin Riehlman Fine Art, New York]; to
Private collection, New Jersey, until the present
Exhibitions
Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York, Romare Bearden: Odyssey, April 1977 // Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, Twelve Americans: Masters of Collage, November 17-December 30, 1977, no. 22 // Alitash Kebede Gallery, Los Angeles, Romare Bearden & Herbert Gentry: Tribute to a Friendship, May 25-July 17, 2004, no. 5 // DC Moore Gallery, New York, Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey, November 13, 2007-January 5, 2008 // Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Tennessee; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas; Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire; and Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey, October 13, 2012-October 5, 2014 (organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service)Literature
Gene Baro, Twelve Americans: Masters of Collage, New York: Andrew Crispo Gallery, 1977, p. 22, illus. // Jerald L. Melberg and Milton J. Bloch, ed., Romare Bearden: 1970-1980, Charlotte, North Carolina: Mint Museum, 1980, p. 105, no. 191 // Robert G. O'Meally, Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey, New York: DC Moore Gallery, 2007, pp. 70, 112, illus. // Paul Bright, "Exhibition Review: 'Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey,'" Kolaj Magazine, kolajmagazine.com/content/?s=bearden, illus.Roz Akin
