Two Trojan Soldiers
Artist
Romare Howard Bearden
(American, 1912–1988)
Dateabout 1954
Mediumindia ink applied with pen on medium, slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions65.2 x 50.1 cm (25 11/16 x 19 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineGift of Mr. Ben Goldstein
Object number1974.91
Label TextA leading African American artist, Bearden worked a day job as a social worker for the City of New York in the 1930-60s. All the while he was drawing, painting, and working as a collagist, with connections to avant-garde artists’ circles of lower Manhattan. Friendships with writers, and a range of painters including George Grosz, Stuart Davis, and Joan Miró, prompted him to explore a spectrum of ideas from classical literature to improvisational jazz.ProvenanceMr. Ben Goldstein, New York, NYOn View
Not on view
