Lot #1319: ROMARE BEARDEN - Salome with the Head of John the Baptist - Original color silkscreen

     

Artist: Romare Bearden (American, 1911-1988).
Title: "Salome with the Head of John the Baptist [From: Prevelance of Ritual]".
Medium: Original color silkscreen.
Date: Composed 1974.
Dimensions: Overall size: 8 1/2 x 11 in. (216 x 279 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $1,000
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $1,600/2,000
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, lower right. Edition c100. Light cream wove paper. Full margins. Fine impression. Good condition.
Comment(s): A very rare Bearden silkscreen - only two auction records since 1985 located by Gordon’s: a sale for $1,375 at William Doyle Galleries, NYC, 11/11/2013, lot #12; and a sale for $1,380 at Swann Auction Galleries, NYC, 3/4/1999, lot #44. Published by Cordier & Ekstrom and Ives-Sillman for inclusion in their prospectus announcing the publication of the portfolio “Romare Bearden: Prevalence of Ritual.” A copy of the prospectus is included with this lot. Image copyright © Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. [29831-2-1000-NA]