Author: Greene, Carroll (Introductory essay)
Title: Romare Bearden: The Prevalence of Ritual
Description: New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1971. Paperback. Yellow wraps. 24 pp. 3 color, 15 bw plates. Catalogue of an exhibition to be held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Mar. 25-June 7, 1971, and at four other museums, July 16, 1971-Apr. 9, 1972. "The phrase "prevalence of ritual" was first used in relation to this and three other 1964 collages: Conjur Woman as an Angel, Tidings, and Baptism. The conjure woman (which Bearden consistently spelled "conjur"), a spirit figure in southern African-American culture, moved north as part of the Great Migration and reappears frequently in Bearden's work. She is called upon to prepare love potions, cure illnesses, and assist with personal problems."--Text from nga. Good+ May have small pink lib sticker on front cover, shelf/edgewear to wraps, smudging or scuffing to wraps; interior is clean; binding is solid.

Keywords: American Artists, Romare Bearden ; Bearden, Romare ; 20th Century ;


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