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Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections
Catalogue
Carla Hanzal, Glenda Gilmore, Jae Emerling, Lesley King-Hammond, and Mary Lee Corlett
Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections represents 90 works from the full span of the artists’ career, drawing on the Mint Museum and other public and private collections of Bearden’s work. As well as numerous stylistic influences from African, European, and Chinese art, this volume focuses on how Bearden’s childhood in North Carolina served as a key source for inspiration for him throughout his life. Mint Museum Publication.
2011
144 pages, 9.5 x 11 inches
140 color images
Hardcover Price $44.95 Item#3347
Softcover Price $35.00 Item#3348
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ROMARE BEARDEN: IN THE MODERNIST TRADITION
Romare Bearden Foundation
Essays and excerpted conversations from the Romare Bearden Foundation Symposium in Chicago, 2007, regarding both technique and importance of Bearden’s work. Presenters at the Symposium included scholars in the fields of art, literature, music, and history. Chapter topics cover politics, the modernist tradition, African and African American Art, artistic technique, and musical influence.
2007.
133 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches
35 color images
Paperback Price $30.00 Item#2236
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DROPPING IN ON ROMARE BEARDEN
Pamela Geiger Stephens
In this childrens book, Puffer the puffin flies to New York City to meet Romare Bearden. Jim McNeill’s illustrations combine with actual art images to explore Bearden’s work. Open ended questions “prompt readers of all ages to make their own critical analyses and interpretations of the works of art.”
2007.
29 pages, 9 x 9 inches
25 color images
Hardcover Price $15.95 Item#1539
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I LIVE IN MUSIC
“Poem” by Ntozake Shange
“Shange’s lyrical poem is a tribute to the language of music and the magical, often mystical rhythms that connect people… The poem is perfectly married to twenty-one extraordinary and diverse works from Romare Bearden who once said, ‘I paint in the tradition of the blues.’”
1994.
32 pages, 12 x 10 inches
22 color images
Hardcover Price $18.95 Item#911
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RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLOTTE’S OWN: ROMARE BEARDEN
The simplistic black paper cover of the Mint Museum’s proprietary publication features a glimpse of a cropped portrait of Romare Bearden. Like the cover, interviews with David C. Driskell, Herb Jackson and Jerald Melberg offer a unique, innovative look at a remarkable man.
2002.
63 pages, 10 x 8 inches
12 images (6 color/6 b&w)
Paperback Price $10.00 Item#4098
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FROM PROCESS TO PRINT: GRAPHIC WORKS BY ROMARE BEARDEN
Essay by Mary Lee Corlett
A brief preliminary text exploring Bearden’s “…printmaking process as he worked and reworked particular images, themes, and techniques…” is followed by over seventy-five full color images from the From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden exhibition. “From Process to Print presents a selected body of prints that examines the ways that Bearden experimented, innovated, and collaborated on his journey toward mastery of the print medium.”
2009.
136 pages, 10.25 x 9 inches
105 images (91 color/14 b&w)
Hardcover Price $35.00 Item#1887
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ROMARE BEARDEN: A BLACK ODYSSEY
Robert G. O’Meally
After the initial introduction, each piece in the Odysseus series is shown in full color alongside a brief corresponding text by Robert G. O’Meally. “(O’Meally’s) insights provide a new critical perspective on both Bearden’s imaginative reinterpretations of subjects from classical literature as well as make a compelling case for a connection to the artist’s personal life journey.”
2008.
116 pages, 11.25 x 10.75 inches
70 images (66 color/4 b&w)
Hardcover Price $45.00 Item#338
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ROMARE BEARDEN: CELEBRATING THE VICTORY
Myron Schwartzman
“In this book, the author…traces the fascinating life of this African-American artist…He crossed paths with artists, composers, and prominent jazz and blues musicians, who became his friends and muses. In this deeply personal biography, Schwartzman has drawn on his own conversations with the artist to help us understand how Bearden was able to translate his experiences as a twentieth-century African-American into a body of truly victorious art.”
1999.
144 pages, 9.25 x 7.75 inches
46 images (27 color/19 b&w)
Hardcover Price $12.95 Item#2004
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ADDRESS BOOK
The Art of Romare Bearden
Heavy weight tabbed section dividers are adorned front and back with forty full color images of works spanning from 1941 to 1984. A brief introduction to the artist precedes the entry sections which are delineated by alternating blue or white backgrounds and provide space for Name, Address, E-Mail, Work and Home Phones, Fax and Cell/Pager numbers. Canvas covered spiral binding lies flat when open.
122 pages, 8.5 x 7 inches when closed.
Hardcover Price $19.95 Item#134
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SMALL ADDRESS BOOK
Cover features Autumn Lamp (Guitar Player), 1983. Entry sections provide space for Name, Address, E-Mail, Work and Home Phones, Fax and Cell/Pager numbers. Royal blue spiral binding lies flat or is held closed with an elasticized band. Perfectly sized for travel. No images except for cover.
109 pages, 5.25 x 4 inches when closed
Hardcover Price $6.95 Item#154
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NOTE CARDS-FOLIO SET
Jazz
The vibrant reds and jewel tones of 1978’s Thank You... for F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) and 1980’s Up at Minton's capture the pulsating rhythm of an evening at your favorite jazz club. Note cards are printed with soy-based inks on recycled paper and presented in a handy bi-fold coverstock folio.
10 cards, five each of two images, 6.75 x 4.75 inches
Price $9.95 Item#187 Please specify Jazz.
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NOTE CARDS-BOXED SET
The Odysseus Series
Romare Bearden’s signature style captures the legendary tale of Odysseus in the four collage works entitled Circe; 1977, Circe Turns a Companion of Odysseus into a Swine; 1977, Odysseus Leaves Circe; 1977, and Home to Ithaca; 1977. The accompanying text says, “In (Bearden’s) hands, Homer’s epic poem becomes a vehicle for the simultaneous exploration of art history, world history, and the African American experience.” Foldover cards printed with soy-based inks on recycled paper and presented in a handsome two piece paperboard box.
20 cards, 5 each of 4 images, 7.5 x 5.25 inches
Price $15.95 Item#186
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