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Poster, Come Sunday, from 1776 USA 1976 Bicentennial Prints

This is a Poster. It was designed by Romare Howard Bearden and made for (as the client) Laurence Korwin. It is dated 1975 and we acquired it in 1975. Its medium is lithograph on heavy white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Laurence Korwin.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 50.9 × 40.8 cm (20 1/16 × 16 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Printed signature in black, lower left: romare

It is inscribed

Printed in black, lower left: ROMARE BEARDEN 1975; in black, bottom margin: We are the custodians as well as the heirs of a great civilization. Mary McLeod Bethune

Cite this object as

Poster, Come Sunday, from 1776 USA 1976 Bicentennial Prints; Designed by Romare Howard Bearden (American, 1911 - 1988); Client: Laurence Korwin (American, b. 1925); lithograph on heavy white paper; H x W: 50.9 × 40.8 cm (20 1/16 × 16 1/16 in.); 1975-47-2

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