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"Madeline
Jones' Wonderful Garden," 1977 |
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Bearden's
practice of pursuing thematic series was well established
by the late 1960s, a period when recollections of Mecklenburg
County, North Carolina, provided his primary motifs. Although
he left Charlotte as a small child, Bearden's return visits
nurtured his memory and imagination. His collages from this
period are filled with images of folk musicians, farmers,
families, country kitchens and other reminders of the region.
As he said, "I paint what people did when I was a little
boy, like the way they got up in the morning."
Collage of various papers with ink, graphite and surface abrasion
on fiberboard.
Frederick L. Brown
© Romare Bearden Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York,
N.Y.
Source: National Gallery of Art, exhibition
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