Roots
Date1977
Artist
Romare Bearden
(American painter, 1911–1988)
Illustration CitationCover for TV Guide, January 22-28, 1977.
MediumColor lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 24 × 18 in. (61 × 45.7 cm)
sheet: 27 × 21 in. (68.6 × 53.3 cm)
sheet: 27 × 21 in. (68.6 × 53.3 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2021
Object number2021-1
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ClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThis print is based on a collage designed as a cover for TV Guide when the miniseries Roots premiered in January 1977. The television series was based on Alex Haley's novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family.
