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The Train
Romare Bearden (American, 1911–1988)
Printed by: Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop (New York, founded in 1948)
Published by: Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop (New York, founded in 1948)
Printed by: Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop (New York, founded in 1948)
Published by: Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop (New York, founded in 1948)
1974
Medium/Technique
Photoetching and color aquatint, with hand-coloring in watercolor
Dimensions
Framed: 59.1 x 81.9 x 4.4 cm (23 1/4 x 32 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 45.5 x 55.9 cm (17 15/16 x 22 in.)
Sheet: 55.9 x 54.6 cm (22 x 21 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 45.5 x 55.9 cm (17 15/16 x 22 in.)
Sheet: 55.9 x 54.6 cm (22 x 21 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Lee M. Friedman Fund
Accession Number1998.22
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionBased on the photo-collage Mysteries (1964)
InscriptionsIn graphite, l.l.: III/XXV; l.r.: Romare Bearden
ProvenanceSold by the publisher, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, to a gallery in Pittsburgh, PA; sold by that gallery to Paramour Fine Arts, Franklin, MI; 1998, sold by Paramour Fine Arts to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 18, 1998)
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