Romare Bearden The Block Lacquer Tray

Enliven your space with this colorful lacquer tray featuring Romare Bearden's exuberant tribute to Harlem.

Though he was born in North Carolina, Bearden spent formative time in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem as a child, and in 1940, he established a studio in the same West 125th Street building as the artist Jacob Lawrence. Each of the six panels that make upThe Block (1971) represent an aspect of local life, from the barbershop to the corner store.
—
Lacquered Wood, 18" x 13 1/4"x 2"

Romare Bearden
The Block, 1971. 
Cut and pasted printed, colored and metallic papers, photostats, graphite, ink marker, gouache, watercolor, and ink on Masonite, 48 in. × 18 ft. (121.9 × 548.6 cm). 
The Metropolitian Museum of Art , Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shore, 1978.61.1-.6.
Art © Romare Bearden Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.