Telling the story of the UAM’s 1968 exhibition Romare Bearden: Paintings and Projections and its accompanying catalogue essay by Ralph Ellison, Romare Bearden & Ralph Ellison: From the Archive presents archival materials, including correspondence between Bearden, Ellison, and UAM founding director, Donald Mochon, and Ellison’s original manuscript. This essay soon became an essential work in Ellison’s bibliography, the literature on Bearden, and the history of twentieth-century African American culture.
Support for Fall 2025 exhibitions and programs provided by the Office of the President, Office of the Provost, The University at Albany Foundation, the University at Albany Alumni Association, the University Auxiliary Services at Albany, the Ann C. Mataraso Fund, the Robin Kanson Lewis ’70 Exhibition Endowment Fund, the University Art Museum Director’s Fund, and the Jack and Gertrude Horan Memorial Fund for Student Outreach.
Image credit: Romare Bearden, Evening Meal of the Prophet Peterson, 1964, gelatin silver print (Photostat) mounted on fiberboard, 28 x 34 inches, courtesy of DC Moore, New York.
Photo credit: © Romare Bearden Foundation.