The Block, 1971; Romare Bearden (American, 1911–1988); Cut and pasted printed, colored and metallic papers, photostats, pencil, ink marker, gouache, watercolor, and pen and ink on Masonite; Overall: 48 x 216 in. (121.9 x 548.6 cm); six panels, each: 48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm); Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shore, 1978 (1978.61.1–6); © Romare Bearden Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY Curatorial advisor Lisa Messinger Associate Curator, Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art Producer Teresa M. Russo Museum Educator Authors Barbara Woods Teresa M. Russo Education Jessica Murphy Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art Designer Sung Kevin Park Flash programmers Sung Kevin Park Phoebe Ford Image and sound editing Paul Caro Production consultant Aimee Dixon Managing editor Merantine Hens Associate managing editor Lasley Poe Website integration and management Jonathan Munar Osamu Takahashi Elizabeth Block The Web Group Proofreader Philomena Mariani Music Excerpts from the recordings “B’s Paris Blues,” written by Branford Marsalis, and “Laughin’ & Talkin’ (with Higg),” written by Jeff “Tain” Watts, from the CD Romare Bearden Revealed by the Branford Marsalis Quartet (© 2003 Marsalis Music). Acknowledgments We gratefully acknowledge the generous assistance of Branford Marsalis and Ellen Surrey of Marsalis Music, Jeff “Tain” Watts of Tainish Chamber Music, Frank Stewart and Susan Sillins of Black Light Productions, Mara Gerstein of Antenna Audio, and Benaree Wiley. A special thanks goes to our Met colleagues Deb Howes, Masha Turchinsky, and Lena Howansky of Educational Media, Vivian Wick of General Programs; Mike Norris of Student, Teacher, and Family Programs; and Naomi Niles of the Library and Teacher Resource Center. Notes 1. 1980 recording of Bearden used in the audio guide for the exhibition Romare Bearden at the Met, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 19, 2004–March 6, 2005. 2. Romare Bearden and Charlene Hunter Gault, “Rhythm on Canvas,” discussion of Bearden's forty-year retrospective exhibition at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, WNET/PBS, "The MacNeil/Lehrer Report," June 26, 1987. 3. Romare Bearden quoted in a wall label for the exhibition The Prevalence of Ritual, New York, Museum of Modern Art, March 25–June 7, 1971. 4. Jacob Lawrence quoted in Myron Schwartzman, Romare Bearden: His Life & Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1990), p. 84. 5. Romare Bearden quoted in a wall label for the exhibition The Prevalence of Ritual, New York, Museum of Modern Art, March 25–June 7, 1971. 6. Romare Bearden and Charlene Hunter Gault, “Rhythm on Canvas,” discussion of Bearden's forty-year retrospective exhibition at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, WNET/PBS, "The MacNeil/Lehrer Report," June 26, 1987. 7. August Wilson, foreword to Myron Schwartzman, Romare Bearden: His Life & Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1990). Sources Allen, Charles. “Have The Walls Come Tumbling Down?” New York Times, April 11, 1971, pp. D27–28. The Art of Romare Bearden. Video produced by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2003. 30 mins. Distributed by Home Vision Bearden, Romare, and Charlene Hunter Gault. “Rhythm on Canvas.” Discussion of Bearden's forty-year retrospective exhibition at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, WNET/PBS, “The MacNeil/Lehrer Report,” June 26, 1987. Fine, Ruth, et al. The Art of Romare Bearden. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, in association with Harry N. Abrams, 2003. Glueck, Charles. “A Brueghel from Harlem.” New York Times, February 22, 1970, sec. 2, p. 29. Glueck, Grace. “Works of Bearden and Hunt Are Displayed.” New York Times, March 24, 1971, p. 50. Greene, Carroll. Romare Bearden: The Prevalence of Ritual. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1971. Gruen, John. “Galleries and Museums: The Rhythms of Life.” New York, April 12, 1971, p. 61. Schwartzman, Myron. Romare Bearden: His Life & Art. Foreword by August Wilson. New York. Harry N. Abrams, 1990. "Time," October 23, 1964, Romare Bearden Papers, Archives of American Art, New York, quoted by Mary Schmidt Campbell in Memory and Metaphor: the Art of Romare Bearden, 1940–1987. New York: Studio Museum in Harlem, 1991. Wilson, August. Foreword to Romare Bearden: His Life & Art, by Myron Schwartzman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1990.

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