id:			152599
accession number:	1985.41
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.41
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:56.694000

Wrapping It up at the Lafayette, 1974. Romare Bearden (American, 1912–1988). Collage, acrylic, and lacquer; framed: 123.3 x 93.4 x 6.7 cm (48 9/16 x 36 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.); unframed: 121.9 x 91.5 cm (48 x 36 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1985.41 © Romare Bearden Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

title:				Wrapping It up at the Lafayette
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creation date:			1974
creation date earliest:		1974
creation date latest:		1974
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
copyright:			© Romare Bearden Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	collage, acrylic, and lacquer
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Romare Bearden (American, 1912–1988)  - artist
Bearden's birthdate has been given as 1911, 1912, or 1914. The Register of Deeds in Charlotte, North Carolina, his birthplace, record Bearden's date of birth as September 2, 1912.
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measurements: Framed: 123.3 x 93.4 x 6.7 cm (48 9/16 x 36 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.); Unframed: 121.9 x 91.5 cm (48 x 36 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed bottom right edge on orange background with a felt-tipped marker in a vertical orientation: rom/are bear/den
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1985
	opening date:   1986-02-12T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1985</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986).

	title:		Images of the Mind
	opening date:   1987-07-07T04:00:00
	<i>Images of the Mind</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 7-August 30, 1987).

	title:		The Art of Romare Bearden (1911-1988)
	opening date:   2003-09-14T00:00:00
	<i>The Art of Romare Bearden (1911-1988)</i>. National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (organizer) (September 14, 2003-January 4, 2004); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (February 7-May 16, 2004).

	title:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '"Images of the Mind," CMA (July 7 - Aug. 23, 1987).', 'opening_date': '1987-07-07T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '"Riffs and Takes, Music in the Art of Romare Bearden," North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, (Jan. 23 - April 2, 1988).', 'opening_date': '1988-01-23T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '"Memory and Metaphor: The Art of Romare Bearden: 1940 - 1987," Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, (May 30 - July 26, 1992), National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C., (Oct. 2, 1992 - Jan. 3, 1993).', 'opening_date': '1992-05-30T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'National Gallery of Art (9/14/2003 - 1/4/2004) and San Francisco Musuem of Art (2/7/2004 - 5/16/2004): "The Art of Romare Bearden (1911-1988)" exh. cat. no. 71, p. 77.', 'opening_date': '2003-09-14T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006):  "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 111, p. 122.', 'opening_date': '2006-06-09T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 229): April 14, 2014 -', 'opening_date': '2014-04-14T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Cordier & Ekstrom, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 1985
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1985-
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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Images of the Mind.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1987.
	page number: 	Reproduced: [p. 31]
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	Campbell, Mary Schmidt. <em>An American Odyssey: The Life and Work of Romare Bearden.</em> New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2018.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. [9]; color plate section
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