<I>Tidings</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1974
name: label: Created by
content: Romare Bearden, American, 1911 - 1988
notes: label: Description
content: A color screen print titled “Tidings” by Romare Bearden. The abstract print utilizes brightly colored segments to depict a Biblical scene of an angel delivering news to a seated individual, possibly Gabriel and Mary. The angel, on the left, has a yellow halo, blue face, green wings, and is holding a document while pointing towards the seated individual with their right hand. The seated individual, on the right, appears with a rounded belly in shades of green and blue with black head, arms, and feet. Their right arm grasps their own left shoulder. The two figures appear in front of segments of bright orange, yellow, and red.
label: Description
content: The artwork is signed by the artist on the front, bottom right corner [Romare Bearden] and the title is written on the front, bottom left corner [Tidings].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Religion
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture 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 the Estate of Carroll Parrott Blue
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.39.3
objectType: label: Type
content: screen prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Estate of Romare Bearden
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 16 1/2 × 16 in. (41.9 × 40.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 24 × 18 1/16 in. (61 × 45.9 cm)