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Romare Bearden

Black Venus

1968

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  • Artist Romare Bearden (American, 1911–1988)
  • Title Black Venus
  • Date 1968
  • Medium Mixed-media collage
  • Dimensions unframed | 29 3/4 x 40 3/16 in.
  • Credit line University purchase, Charles H. Yalem Art Fund, 1994
  • Copyright © Romare Bearden Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Object number WU 1994.01

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