Romare Bearden

Cordier & Ekstrom, New York (acquired directly from the artist in 1981)

Marjorie Lewis, New York (acquired from the above in 1981) 

Acquired by descent from the above in 2020 by the present owner

Myron Schwartzman, Romare Bearden: His Life and Art, New York, 1990, p.90, illustrated in color

Ntozake Shange and Romare Bearden, I Live in Music, New York, 1994, p. 7, illustrated in color

Kevin Brown, Romare Bearden, New York 1995, p. 54, illustrated in color

Graham Lock and David Murray, The Hearing Eye: Jazz & Blues Influences in African American Visual Art, New York, 2009, p. 173, 207

Brenda Leach, Looking and Listening: Conversations Between Modern Art and Music, Maryland, 2015, p. 37

Robert G. O’Meally, The Romare Bearden Reader, Durham, North Carolina, 2019, p. 12, illustrated

Peter Plagens, “‘Something Over Something Else: Romare Bearden’s Profile Series’ Review: Bright Reflections,” Wall Street Journal, 27 November 2019 (online)

Robert G. O’Meally, “Romare Bearden, Brief life of a textured artist: 1911-1988,” Harvard Magazine, January - February 2020 (online)

Exh. Cat., Atlanta, Georgia, High Museum of Art, Something Over Something Else: Romare Bearden’s Profile Series, September 2019 - May 2020, no. 41, pp. 43, 120, illustrated in color

New York, Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, Collages, Romare Bearden, Profile/Part II: The Thirties, May - June 1981, n.p.