He Is Arisen

Romare Bearden · 1945

This is He Is Arisen — a drawing by Bearden, nineteen forty-five. Watercolour, where the paper does the lightening — there is no white paint, only the sheet showing through. In the picture, look for the abstract shapes.

Medium Watercolor and ink on paper · Dimensions 26 x 19 3/8" (66 x 49.2 cm) · Credit Advisory Committee Fund

Hanging beside it in Gallery 416: Prevalence of Ritual/Conjur Woman No. 1, Carolina Blue

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Laocoön, Untitled, Abstract Portrait of Marcel Duchamp, Barber Shop Chord, Untitled (Study for The Inner World), Synchromy in Blue

More by Romare Bearden here: Patchwork Quilt, Prevalence of Ritual/Conjur Woman No. 1, Music on the Gallery, Carolina Morning, Carolina Blue, The Baptism