Romare Bearden, Artist - "The Conversation" Lithograph - 1979

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This a limited edition, Lithograph titled “THE CONVERSATION” is by Artist, Romare Bearden.

A rare, valuable, collectable piece of art … more This a limited edition, Lithograph titled “THE CONVERSATION” is by Artist, Romare Bearden.

A rare, valuable, collectable piece of art signed by the Artist from time period 1979. This particular Lithograph appears to be an AP (Artist’s Print). The full dimensions are 21 ½ inches high by 28 inches wide.

Romare Bearden was born in 1911 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Bearden is widely recognized as one of the most creative and original artists of the 20th Century. Bearden died in 1988 at the age of 76.

“THE CONVERSATION” is a limited edition, lithograph from Bearden's Mecklenburg series of images depicting recollections from his childhood in rural Mecklenburg County, NC.

Bearden was the recipient of numerous honorary doctorates and awards throughout his lifetime, including the National Medal of Arts in 1987 (from then President Reagan). In addition, he received honorary doctorates from the Pratt Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Davidson College and Atlanta University. He also received the Mayor’s Award of Honor for Art and Culture in New York City in 1984.

Bearden’s works are included in many important collections of most major American Museum’s including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and The Studio Museum in Harlem, among others. less