ROMARE BEARDEN (1911-1988)

ROMARE BEARDEN (1911-1988)
Profile/Part I, The Twenties: Mecklenburg County, Liza in High Cotton
signed 'Romare Bearden' (upper left); inscribed 'I couldn't play with liza yesterday her grandmother said she was in the fields.' (on the reverse)
acrylic, watercolor, ink, graphite, printed paper and fabric collage on board
17 1⁄2 x 32 3⁄4 in. (44.5 x 83.2 cm.)
Executed in 1978.

Provenance
Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York
Private collection, Scarsdale
Franklin Riehlman Fine Art Megan Moynihan Fine Art, New York
Hurdle H. Lea, New York
By descent from the above to the present owner