Object of the Month: Romare Bearden’s Moonlight Express
Upcoming Date and Time(s):
Sep 11, 2024, 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Location: Reynolda House Museum of American Art (Studios)
Cost: Included with Museum Admission
Join Emily Baker, manager of community and academic learning, as she discusses Romare Bearden’s Moonlight Express, one of the collages in a series about Bearden’s childhood in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
Our Object of the Month series offers an in-depth examination of a work of art or object at Reynolda by curators, educators, and students. Our fall 2024 series highlights works of art in the exhibition Founder’s Vision, which celebrates Reynolda House Museum of American Art founder and collector Barbara Babcock Millhouse.
Image above: Romare Bearden (1911–1988), Moonlight Express, 1978, collage on paper, 14 x 20 in., Courtesy of Barbara M. Millhouse.
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