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Prevalence of Ritual: Baptism

Artist Romare Howard Bearden (American, 1911-1988)
Copy Right Holder VAGA at Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York
Copy Right Holder Romare Bearden Foundation
Date1964
Mediumphotograph on masonite
Dimensionsimage: 37 x 48 1/16 in. (94 x 122 cm)
frame: 38 3/16 x 49 3/16 in. (97 x 125 cm)
Classification(s)
  • PHOTO
Credit LineMuseum purchase, Ruth Sabin Weston Fund
Terms
  • African-American
  • masks
  • faces
Object number69.14
Descriptionphotograph of a photo collage, also referred to as a "projection" by the artist
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Inscribedl.r. in white: [illegible signature]; verso u.l. on sticker: Baptism Prevalence of Ritual
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Rashida Braggs, AFR 216, s20