Family

Romare Bearden, Family, 1986, collage on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, Art-in-Architecture Program, 1990.37, © 1988, Estate of Romare Bearden
Romare Bearden, Family, 1986, collage on wood, 2820 in. (71.150.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, Art-in-Architecture Program, 1990.37, © 1988, Estate of Romare Bearden

Artwork Details

Title
Family
Date
1986
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
2820 in. (71.150.8 cm)
Copyright
© 1988, Estate of Romare Bearden
Credit Line
Transfer from the General Services Administration, Art-in-Architecture Program
Mediums Description
collage on wood
Subjects
  • Architecture Exterior — detail — porch
  • African American
  • Figure group — family
  • Landscape — tree
Object Number
1990.37

Artwork Description

Family is the preliminary model for a ceramic tile mural Bearden created for the Joseph P. Addabbo Federal Building in Jamaica, New York. The overlapping forms of hands and arms reinforce the scene of family and generational bonding. The grandfather’s outward gaze connects the viewer with this scene of heritage and hope.

Modern Masters: Midcentury Abstraction from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2008

Works by this artist (4 items)

Drex Brooks, Sweet Medicine: Council Grounds of the Great Treaty at Horse Creek, Nebraska, 1987, printed 1989, toned gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Consolidated Natural Gas Company Foundation, 1991.21.1, © 1989, Drex Brooks
Sweet Medicine: Council Grounds of the Great Treaty at…
Date1987, printed 1989
toned gelatin silver print
Not on view
Drex Brooks, Sweet Medicine: Nez Perce Surrender Site, Bear Paw Mountains, Montana, 1989, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Consolidated Natural Gas Company Foundation, 1991.21.2, © 1989, Drex Brooks
Sweet Medicine: Nez Perce Surrender Site, Bear Paw…
Date1989
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Drex Brooks, Sweet Medicine: Summit Springs Battlefield, Colorado, 1987, printed 1989, toned gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1990.71.2, © 1989, Drex Brooks
Sweet Medicine: Summit Springs Battlefield, Colorado
Date1987, printed 1989
toned gelatin silver print
Not on view
Drex Brooks, Sweet Medicine: Medicine Rock; Sacred Place, North Dakota, 1987, printed 1989, toned gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1990.71.1, © 1989, Drex Brooks
Sweet Medicine: Medicine Rock; Sacred Place, North Dakota
Date1987, printed 1989
toned gelatin silver print
Not on view

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