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ROMARE BEARDEN (1911-1988)
St. Martin Obeah (Sorcier de St. Martin, Manmbo St. Martin Yan)
signed ‘Romare Bearden’ (center right); titled ‘ST. MARTIN Obeah’ (on the reverse)
watercolor on paper
29 7/8 x 22 in. (75.6 x 56.1 cm.)
Painted 1984.
Provenance
Cordier & Ekstrom, New York
ACA Galleries, New York
Franklin Riehlman Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2008
Literature
S. Price and R. Price, Romare Bearden The Caribbean Dimension, Philadelphia, 2006, p. 134, no. 108 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Cordier and Ekstrom Gallery, Romare Bearden Rituals of the Obeah, November–December, 1984.
New York, Schoelkopf Gallery, Norman Lewis and Romare Bearden July-August 2021 (virtual exhibition).