Cattle of the Sun God, 1979

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portfolio Title

Odysseus Suite

Medium

color screenprint on wove Lana paper

Dimensions

image: 46.04 × 55.88 cm (18 1/8 × 22 in.)

sheet: 53.76 × 50.8 cm (21 3/16 × 20 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased as the Gift of Richard A. Simms

Accession Number

2013.142.4

Artists / Makers

Romare Bearden (artist) American, 1911 - 1988

Hugh MacKay’s Atelier 52 (printer)

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Inscription

lower left in graphite: 65/125; lower right in graphite: Romare Bearden; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: Cattle of / Sun god / 800- / BEA-6

Marks and Labels

blindstamp: HMK (for printer Mohammad Omer Khalil, New York)

Provenance

(Bill Hodges, NY); gift to NGA, 2013

Associated Names

Bill Hodges Gallery

Bibliography

1992: Gelburd, Gail and Alex Rosenberg. A Graphic Odyssey: Romare Bearden as Printmaker. Exh. cat., University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992: 46.