The Block is a 1971 collage by Romare Bearden depicting a more representative street opposed to a literal one. Each figure is portrayed with different material. In one area, we see men carrying a coffin looking up to what at first looks like a burning building; as angels emerge. Bearden successfully captures and comments on areas within African American life. His figure's features are not distinguishable despite one face imbedded into a building. This is a child's face representing a type of innocence among the suffering.
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