Lot #938: ROMARE BEARDEN - Easter Procession - Color silkscreen

 

Artist: Romare Bearden (American, 1911-1988).
Title: "Easter Procession [according to the Romare Bearden Foundation, alternate titles are: Easter Processional; Sunday Processional; Palm Sunday Processional]".
Medium: Color silkscreen.
Date: Composed 1983.
Dimensions: Overall size: 24 1/8 x 20 1/4 in. (613 x 514 mm). Image size: 20 1/16 x 16 1/8 in. (510 x 410 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $2,000
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $2,500/3,000
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, lower right; editioned, lower left. Blindstamped lower right: "Charles Cardinale Fine Creations, Inc. - Serigraph". An artist proof from the edition of 150 (of which all were printed?). Cream wove watermarked Arches paper. Wide margins. Fine impression. Very good to fine condition save for a minor 1/8" bump at the extreme right margin (middle) and minor creasing at the upper right corner, nowhere near the image. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Entry #72 in the exhibition catalogue: "From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden.". Provenance: The Del Rio Collection, Southampton, NY.
Comment(s): This is a rare Bearden image. Although the stated edition was 150, we have found this print at auction only once since its creation, 27 years ago. Please see Bearden's image "Artists - 79" in the present auction for an extended discussion of the related poster and the differences between the two images. Image copyright © Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. [24399-5-2000-NA]