Sale 2472 - African-American Fine Art, April 5, 2018

118 c ROMARE BEARDEN (1911 - 1988) Untitled (Obeah Series) . Watercolor on wove paper, circa 1984. 762x560 mm; 30x22 inches. Signed in faint watercolor and resigned in pencil, lower left. Provenance: SethTaffae Fine Art, NewYork; private collection,Michigan. Romare Bearden’s Obeah watercolors are an important series in the artist’s late career. They represent both a culmination of his artistic freedom and expression in the medium, and his awareness of the traditions of his second home on the Caribbean island of St. Martin. The role of the Obeah is a well-known part of Afro-Caribbean communities and cultural history - typically, a woman who practices spiritual, herbal and mystical healing in her village. [25,000/35,000]