<I>Firebirds</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1979
name: label: Created by
content: Romare Bearden, American, 1911 - 1988
label: Published by
content: Transworld Art, American, founded 1968
notes: label: Description
content: A framed color lithograph by Romare Bearden. The print depicts three women figures, each wearing colorful patterns in a collage-like composition. The three women stand together against a green and tan field beneath the depiction of two blue firebirds above them. A third bird, with red head and a black body, stands at the bottom foreground. Just beneath the image, in graphite, is the edition [191/300] and the artist’s signature [romare bearden].
place: label: Place collected
content: New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Edgar Thomas Williams, Jr. Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Auldyn Higgins Williams and E.T. Williams, Jr. in memory of Robert Grayson ("Mickey") McGuire, III and his parents Eleanor Hackett McGuire and R.G. McGuire, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.145.4ab
objectType: label: Type
content: lithographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Artists Rights Society
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: (a) lithographic ink on paper
label: Medium
content: (b) glass and wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a): 21 9/16 × 14 13/16 in. (54.7 × 37.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b): 28 15/16 × 21 13/16 × 1 in. (73.5 × 55.4 × 2.6 cm)