Romare Bearden UNITITLED (Figure in Landscape) Monotype
Type:Other
Size:33.50" x 40.25"
Medium:Monoprint/Monotype
Signed:Signed
Notes:
In auction Saturday, May 16, 2026, 12:00 PM EST. Gallery label verso: DC Moore Gallery, New York, New York.
Romare Howard Bearden ART FOR SALE
1911 Charlotte, North Carolina - 1988 New York City. Known for: Modernist African-American figure and landscape painting, collage.
Working in a modernist style, Romare Bearden, as a Black American, tried to express on canvas and collage the complexities and uniqueness of being a minority in American society. Many of his themes... Read full biography
Working in a modernist style, Romare Bearden, as a Black American, tried to express on canvas and collage the complexities and uniqueness of being a minority in American society. Many of his themes dealt with music. Another strong presence in many of Bearden's works is trains. Bearden felt that... Read full biography
Working in a modernist style, Romare Bearden, as a Black American, tried to express on canvas and collage the complexities and uniqueness of being a minority in American society. Many of his themes dealt with music. Another strong presence in many of Bearden's works is trains. Bearden felt that there was a commonality, or link between trains and their symbolic tie to life; he saw trains as communicating life's fluctuations and constant change. He also saw this in jazz, so in many of his works... Read full biography
Working in a modernist style, Romare Bearden, as a Black American, tried to express on canvas and collage the complexities and uniqueness of being a minority in American society. Many of his themes dealt with music. Another strong presence in many of Bearden's works is trains. Bearden felt that there was a commonality, or link between trains and their symbolic tie to life; he saw trains as communicating life's fluctuations and constant change. He also saw this in jazz, so in many of his works the viewer will see images of both trains and jazz. Bearden's use of color was also unique. He was strongly affected by a trip he made to the Caribbean. Because he lived in such urban, "dirty" cities as New York, Bearden was overwhelmed by the rich,... Read full biography
Working in a modernist style, Romare Bearden, as a Black American, tried to express on canvas and collage the complexities and uniqueness of being a minority in American society. Many of his themes dealt with music. Another strong presence in many of Bearden's works is trains. Bearden felt that there was a commonality, or link between trains and their symbolic tie to life; he saw trains as communicating life's fluctuations and constant change. He also saw this in jazz, so in many of his works the viewer will see images of both trains and jazz. Bearden's use of color was also unique. He was strongly affected by a trip he made to the Caribbean. Because he lived in such urban, "dirty" cities as New York, Bearden was overwhelmed by the rich, vivid, "clean" colors of the tropics. He soaked in these colors, and used them in his works to try and... Read full biography
Romare Howard Bearden - Art for Sale (6 available)
Mother and Child
Type:print
Year:1972
Size:19.75" x 16.00"
Medium:Other
Signed:Signed
Edition:71/200
Notes:
color screenprint 19-3/4 x 16 inches signed and numbered, 71/200 GG#59 Price available upon request.
Prevalence of Ritual Full Portfolio
Type:Other
Year:1974
Size:40.00" x 32.25"
Medium:Screenprint/Silkscreen
Signed:Signed
Edition:HC 31/37
Notes:
The complete portfolio of Romare Bearden's "Prevalence of Ritual" suite. Set of Five Screenprints, each signed and numbered in pencil Publisher: Cordier & Ekstrom and Ives Sillman Printer: Sirocco Screenprinters
Delilah
Type:Print
Year:1974
Size:40.00" x 32.00"
Medium:Screenprint/Silkscreen
Signed:Signed
Notes:
from the Prevalence of Ritual Suite, a portfolio of 5 works
Circe into Swine
Type:Print
Year:1979
Size:17.50" x 23.50"
Medium:Screenprint/Silkscreen
Signed:Unsigned
Notes:
color screen print on wove paper (likely a later painting) From the Odysseus Suite GG#65 unsigned
The Family
Type:Etching
Year:1975
Size:19.50" x 26.00"
Medium:Other
Signed:Signed
Edition:5/12
Notes:
Etching, aquatint and photoengraving (alternative version, sepia ink) signed, inscribed, "To -Bob", and numbered 5/12 in pencil (the original version is of 175) Pricing available upon request.