Something Over Something Else: Romare Bearden's Profile Series

by Robert G O'Meally, Rachael Z Delue, Paul Devlin, et al.

In November 1977, The New Yorker published a feature-length biography of artist Romare Bearden by Calvin Tomkins as part of its "Profiles" series. The essay, titled Profile: Putting Something Over Something Else (using Bearden's words to describe the creative process), brought national focus to Bearden, whose rise had seemed meteoric since the late 1960s.

The experience of the interview prompted Bearden to launch an autobiographical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295746432
• ISBN13: 9780295746432
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.2" x 11.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher