Sermons: The Walls of Jericho

Date
Artist
Romare H. Bearden, American, b. Charlotte, North Carolina, 1912–1988
Provenance
Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York, to 19 November 1964
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 19 November 1964-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
CORDIER & EKSTROM GALLERY, New York. "Romare Bearden Projections," 6-24 October 1964, no. 14.
ART GALLERY, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, Albany. "Romare Bearden: Paintings and Projections," 25 November-22 December 1968, no. 3.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART. "Two Centuries of Black American Art, 1750-1950," 30 September-21 November 1976, no. 148. Tour: HIGH MUSEUM OF ART, Atlanta, 8 January-20 February 1977; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Dallas, 30 March-15 May; BROOKLYN MUSEUM, 25 June-21 August.
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, Durham. "Heralds of Life: Artis, Bearden, and Burke," 4-30 November 1977, no. 2.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Collages: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," 3 May-November 1978, no. 1, p. 18, ill. pp. 20, 31. Tour (organized for SITES by Howard Fox): SANTA FE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Gainesville, Florida, 10 January-14 February 1981; MARION KOOGLER MCNAY ART INSTITUTE, San Antonio, 7 March-11 April; ANCHORAGE HISTORICAL AND FINE ARTS MUSEUM, 1 May-6 June; FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Miami, 27 June-1 August; GIBBS ART GALLERY, Charlestown, North Carolina, 3 April -15 May 1982; LEIGH YAWLEY WOODSON ART MUSEUM, Wausau, Wisconsin, 12 June-24 July; KRANNERT ART MUSEUM, Champagne, Illinois, 21 August-21 September; MUNSON-WILLIAMS- PROCTOR INSTITUTE, Utica, New York, 16 October-20 November.
ALEXANDRIA MUSEUM VISUAL ART CENTER, Louisiana. "The Rhythm of Life: Selected Works by Bearden, Gwathmey, and Lawrence," 25 January-30 March 1984. Tour: GREATER LAFAYETTE MUSEUM OF ART, Indiana, 7 April-15 June.
WASHINGTON PROJECT FOR THE ARTS, Washington, DC. "The Blues Aesthetic: Black Culture and Modernism," 14 September-9 December 1989, no. 15, fig. 11, p. 31; pp. 34-35. Tour: STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM, New York, 16 September-30 December 1990 (did not travel to all venues).
STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM, New York. "Memory and Metaphor: The Art of Romare Bearden, 1940-1987," 14 April-11 August 1991, fig. 23, p. 43. Tour: MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Chicago, 28 September-10 November; WIGHT GALLERY, University of California, Los Angeles, 8 December-2 February 1992; HIGH MUSEUM OF ART, Atlanta, 10 March-3 May; CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART, Pittsburgh, 20 May-25 July; NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 2 October 1992-4 January 1993.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. "The Art of Romare Bearden," 14 September 2003-4 January 2004, no. 142. Tour: SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, 7 February-16 May; DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART, 20 June-12 September (DC venue only).
TATE LIVERPOOL. "Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic," 29 January-25 April 2010, color ill. p. 132.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Over, Under, Next: Experiments in Mixed Media, 1913-Present," 18 April-8 September 2013, no cat.
MUSEE NATIONAL DES BEAUX-ARTS DU QUEBEC. "America. Between Dreams and Realities: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection," 9 June-5 September 2022, color ill. p. 101.
Published References
KOMAROW, RONNIE. "Heralding Life, Art and Three Fine Artists," Anvil 11 (17 November 1977), n.p.
LUCIE-SMITH, EDWARD. Race, Sex, and Gender in Contemporary Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1994), ill. p. 21.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 197, p. 220.
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School
African-American Figuration
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.408
Type
Collage
Medium
Collage of printed papers, paint, ink, and graphite pencil on board
Dimensions
11 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. (30 x 23.7 cm)