Carolina Blue

Artist Romare Bearden American, 1911–1988

Date1969

MediumSilkscreen and collage

Dimensions24 x 18 in. (61.0 x 45.7 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Museum Purchase Fund

Object number70.21.1

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceCreated New York, 1969; collection of the artist; [Cordier & Ekstrom, New York]; sold to NCMA, 1970.
Published References"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 11, nos. 1 and 2 (December 1971), listed 71.

Christian Science Monitor, Home Forum (April 24, 1972).

Dorothy Rennie, "Three Black Artists," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 10, no. 4 ( June 1971), briefly discussed 12, illus. (b-w) 10, fig. 6.

N. E. Pendergraft, “Tracing the Rise of Afro-American Art in North Carolina,” Art Voices/South vol. 1, no. 2 (March/April 1978), mentioned 76, illus. (b-w) 73.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of History, "Program/Exhibition," October 17-31, 1975.

Statesville, NC, Arts and Science Museum," 19th Annual Arts Festival," May 7-25, 1975.

High Point, NC, High Point Arts Council, special exhibition, September 1-30, 1977.

Durham, NC, North Carolina Central University, "Heralds of Life: Artis, Bearden, and Burke," November 4-30, 1977.

Huntsville, AL, The Huntsville Museum of Art, "Black Artists/South,"April 1-July 29, 1979, cat. no. 13, illus. 81.

Charleston, SC, Gibbes Art Gallery, "Southeastern Black Artists," September-October, 1979.

Greenville, SC, Greenville County Art Museum, November-December, 1979.

Columbia, SC, Columbia Museum of Art, January-February, 1980. Object Rights Statement

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