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[The family] / Romare Bearden. – Vintage Wall Art

[The family] / Romare Bearden. — historic print
[The family] / Romare Bearden.. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [The family] / Romare Bearden., a historic print rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[The family] / Romare Bearden.

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Romare Bearden's *The Family* stands out among domestic scenes of its era for its focus on a household whose everyday life centers on food and drink. Made in 1976 as a color etching with aquatint, the print reflects the artist's long interest in the daily routines of Black families, a theme that runs through his collages and paintings. Bearden, born in 1911 and raised partly in Harlem, drew on memory and neighborhood ritual to build scenes like this one. Its subject matter treats the shared table as a quiet center of family life.

Medium1 print : etching and aquatint, color.
GenreColumbia College of Art
Notes[1976]
SubjectsAfrican Americans--Domestic life--1970-1980. Families--1970-1980. Eating & drinking--1970-1980.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,701 × 3,766 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-220836

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