Swann Galleries - The Richard A. Long Collection of African-American Art - Sale 2359, Part I - October 9, 2014 - page 53

32 ● ROMARE BEARDEN (1911 - 1988)
Untitled (The Trojan Horse).
Collage of various papers and mixed media, mounted on masonite board, circa 1977. 127x114 mm;
5x41/2 inches. Signed in ink, lower right.
Provenance: Richard A. Long, Atlanta; thence by descent to his estate.
This small but powerful collage by Romare Bearden is a wonderful example and a revelation.This
scene was not included or developed into his important 1977 Odysseus series of collages and
watercolors, which begins with The Fall of Troy. It adds to our understanding of his conception of
the series. Bearden developed 20 monumental works, as large as 36x48 inches, from such small,
intimate collages as this. [15,000/25,000]