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ROMARE BEARDEN (1911 - 1988)
The Lamp
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Color lithograph, with foil stamping, on wove paper, 1984. 597x445 mm; 23
1
/
2
x17
1
/
2
inches, full
margins. Signed, titled and numbered 46/100 in pencil, lower margin.
The Lamp
commemorates the 30th anniversary of the landmark court decision Brown v. Board of
Education, 1954, which declared segregated schools in the United States to be unconstitutional; the
NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund used the image on their poster marking the occasion.
Gelburd/Rosenberg GG#112.
[10,000/15,000]
