Now the Dove and the Leopard Wrestle / Romare Bearden

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Accession Number: 2012/1.225
Title: Now the Dove and the Leopard Wrestle
Artist: Romare Bearden
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: 1911 - 1988
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
Object Creation Date: 1946
Credit Line: Transfer from the William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan, gift of Clarence Wolf, February 1997
Inscription: signed upper right hand corner
Dimensions: 59.7 cm x 74.3 cm (23 1/2 in. x 29 1/4 in.)
Primary Object Classification: Painting
Primary Object Type: abstract
Physical Description: This painting features animal part shapes in abstract forms in blues, ochres, green and red colors. It is expressive in the different movements of the animals.
Primary Keywords: abstract; doves; leopards; oil painting
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; birds; descriptors; european; european styles and periods; image-making processes and techniques; mammals; modern european fine arts styles and movements; modern european styles and movements; painting and painting techniques; painting techniques; painting techniques by medium; people and culture; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; styles and periods; styles and periods by region
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 2995 x 2396
File Size: 960 KB
Record: 2012/1.225
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-1.225/2012_1.225.jpg

In public portfolios: 0 - Lahiri and Gonzalez, W17 - Engaging Performance (12); AADL 2016 (24); Animals, historical and comparative (312); Artists of the Harlem Renaissance (31); Death and dying (500); Variations on a Dream (3)

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Full citation: "Now the Dove and the Leopard Wrestle; Romare Bearden." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-1.225/2012_1.225.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 20, 2024.