- Created by
- Bearden, Romare, American, 1911 - 1988
- Published by
- Transworld Art, American, founded 1968
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- (a) lithographic ink on paper
- (b) glass and wood
- Dimensions
- H x W (a): 21 9/16 × 14 13/16 in. (54.7 × 37.7 cm)
- H x W x D (b): 28 15/16 × 21 13/16 × 1 in. (73.5 × 55.4 × 2.6 cm)
- Description
- 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 collected
- New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place printed
- New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Edgar Thomas Williams, Jr. Collection
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- lithographs
- Topic
- Art
- Credit Line
- 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.
- Object number
- 2015.145.4ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Artists Rights Society
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




