<I>Romie We Love You</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2012
name: label: Created by
content: Faith Ringgold, American, 1930 - 2024
label: Printed by
content: Curlee Raven Holton, American, born 1951
label: Subject of
content: Romare Bearden, American, 1911 - 1988
notes: label: Description
content: A silkscreen print tribute to Romare Bearden by Faith Ringgold. The print features an illustrated portrait of Bearden at center, holding one of his cats. Surrounding Bearden are blocks repeating “ROMIE WE LOVE YOU” in a diamond quilt pattern, one word in each colorful triangle. Bearden is depicted in yellow, with the surrounding quilt blocks in blues, reds, orange and black. A decorative border of grey flowers with orange, blue, and black leaves surrounds the central block design. Dedication text reads [Romie We Love You: In celebration of the 100th anniversary of your birthday on Sept 2, 2011] at top and [your art so beautiful and true for all the world to see you love us too. Faith Ringgold] at bottom. Along the bottom margin is [10/30] at left, [Romie We Love You] at center and the artist’s signature [Faith Ringgold 7/20/12] at right.
place: label: Place printed
content: Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
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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 Curlee Raven Holton of Raven Fine Art Editions
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.73.2
objectType: label: Type
content: screen prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Faith Ringgold 2012
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 30 1/16 × 22 1/8 in. (76.4 × 56.2 cm)