Romare Bearden (American, 1911-1988). "Easter Procession [according to the Romare Bearden Foundation, alternate titles are: Easter Processional; Sunday Processional; Palm Sunday Processional]". Color silkscreen. 1983. Signed in pencil, lower right; editioned, lower left. Blindstamped lower right: "Charles Cardinale Fine Creations, Inc. - Serigraph". An artist proof from the edition of 150 (of which all were printed?). Cream wove watermarked Arches paper. Wide margins. Fine impression. Very good to fine condition save for a minor 1/8" bump at the extreme right margin (middle) and minor creasing at the upper right corner, nowhere near the image. Literature/catalogue raisonne: #72 in the exhibition catalogue: "From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden.". Provenance: The Del Rio Collection, Southampton, NY. This is a rare Bearden image. Although the stated edition was 150, we have found this print at auction only once since its creation, 27 years ago. Please see Bearden's image "Artists - 79" in the present auction for an extended discussion of the related poster and the differences between the two images. Image copyright © Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Overall size: 24 1/8 x 20 1/4 in. (613 x 514 mm). Image size: 20 1/16 x 16 1/8 in. (510 x 410 mm). [24399] |2000| {R100} (TL5)