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Tenor Sermon

Tenor Sermon, 1979

  • Romare Bearden, American, 1911 - 1988

Lithograph printed in color on wove paper

  • Overall (image and sheet): 24 3/4 × 34 5/8 inches (62.9 × 87.9 cm)

Gift of Eugene Ivan Schuster

1993.171

Department

African American Art

  • Musicians
  • Men
  • Music
  • Color lithography
  • Wove paper
  • Lithograph
  • Trombone
  • Saxophone
  • Ensemble (musical group)
  • Drummer
  • Jazz

Details

1994-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Romare Bearden, Tenor Sermon, 1979, lithograph printed in color on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Eugene Ivan Schuster, 1993.171.

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