Tag: Romare Bearden Digital Catalogue Raisonné

REF: The Romare Bearden Catalogue Raisonné Project

The Wildenstein Plattner Institute is proud to announce the inaugural release of THE ROMARE BEARDEN CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ PROJECT, featuring over 200 of the artist’s unique works created between 1964 and 1969. This significant launch represents a major step forward in the study of one of the 20th century’s most influential African American artists.⁠

Romare Bearden, Prevalence of Ritual: Tidings, 1964, Photostat mounted on fiberboard, 28 3/4 x 39 3/4 inches (73 x 101 cm), Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. Photograph © 2025 Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh © Romare Bearden Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. RB27TI

Working in partnership with the Romare Bearden Foundation, WPI’s team of researchers led by Dr. Camara Holloway have made incredible strides in identifying elements of the artist’s production: approximately 50 works presented in this first installment were previously unknown within the Foundation’s records. ⁠

The publication of this first installment includes an introductory text by Jacqueline Francis and Anne Monahan, “Romare Bearden, 1964–69: A Turning Point,” which describes Bearden’s artistic transformation — from painter and watercolorist to a nationally-recognized master of collage — as well as pivotal moments earlier in his career: http://bit.ly/4neTiox

We are thrilled to share the initial phase of this project with the larger community, and are looking forward to future installments with continued collaboration with the Romare Bearden Foundation, our technology partner Navigating.art and vital support from the Hasso Plattner Foundation.

Explore the first installment of the digital catalogue here! http://bit.ly/4kRFONU

“Enduring Legacy: Conversations on Romare Bearden” Zoom webinar series in May

Bearden with Betty Blayton and Children’s Art Carnival students; “Romare Bearden: The Prevalence of Ritual” at the Studio Museum in Harlem, 1972; Romare Bearden Papers [ysqdockk], The Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.

We hope you can join us for an exciting series running throughout May 2024 hosted by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute: 

ENDURING LEGACY: Conversations on Romare Bearden 

This event series features three speakers whose scholarship and practice engage with Bearden’s formulation of the visual world. 

Curating Romare Bearden with Charlie Farrell 

Wednesday May 8, 2024 at 1 pm

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Charlie Farrell will discuss the exhibition Romare Bearden: Resonances at the Saint Louis Art Museum. The show features Bearden’s important collage, Summertime (1967), alongside other collage works from the Museum’s collection. The aim is to trace Bearden’s influence and relationships with other artists, grounding him in a continuum of Black creativity. 

Situating the Projections with Anne Monahan 

Wednesday May 15, 2024 at 1 pm

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Anne Monahan will discuss her chapter on Bearden from her manuscript in progress, “A Usable Past”: Race, Figuration, and Politics in the 1960s. Her research on Bearden reconsiders his breakthrough Projections exhibition in 1964, exploring his turn to photomontage, how race factored into the works’ reception, and the impact of this work on a rising generation of artists of color.

Conceptualizing Black Joy with Kahlil Robert Irving

Wednesday May 22, 2024 at 1 pm

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Kahlil Robert Irving will discuss his artistic practice, including the pieces that were included in the recent exhibition, In Common: New Approaches with Romare Bearden, held at the New School in New York City. The show featured the work of six contemporary artists alongside that of Bearden.


These conversations commemorate Bearden’s continuing impact thirty-six years after his passing. The insight of his work resonates with our present moment and contemporary questions of race in America. More information can be found on our website.

JOB: Intern for Romare Bearden Digital Catalogue Raisonné

The Wildenstein Plattner Institute (WPI) is seeking a research intern to support the Romare Bearden Digital Catalogue Raisonné project. The intern will assist primarily with the compilation of images related to the art and career of the artist Romare Bearden (1911-1988). This is a twelve-week paid summer internship with a time commitment of twenty-eight hours per week, starting June 6th, 2022. 

Responsibilities

The primary assignment will be the task of locating and obtaining high-resolution reproductions of works of art for internal use and future publication. The intern will be responsible for identifying and corresponding with relevant parties to secure permissions. The internship will be conducted as a hybrid of in-person meetings at the WPI office and remote work via Google Meet. Visits to NYC-area research libraries will also be required as necessary.

Qualifications

Graduate-level work in art history, museum studies, or a related field. 

Knowledge about African American art, with emphasis on provenance research and the art market.

Familiarity with Artstor and other primary-source image repositories.

Proficiency with Google Workspace. 

Proficiency with relational computer databases. Intern will be trained on a proprietary database.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Exceptionally detail oriented.

Ability to work independently.

For consideration, applicants should submit a resume with a cover letter and references by Friday, May 20, 2022 to camara.holloway@wpi-art.org.