the year before he died, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Romare Bearden on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 1970 Ford Foundation Fellowship, 1973 Medal of the State of North Carolina, 1976 Frederick Douglas Medal, New York Urban League, 1978 James Weldon Johnson Award, Atlanta Chapter of NAACP, 1978 Works of art Abstract (painting) The Blues (collage) – 1975, Honolulu Museum of Art The Calabash (collage) – 1970, Library of Congress Carolina Shout (collage) This is eponymous with the musical composition by Bearden family friend, the "dean of jazz pianists" and composer, James P. Johnson. This appears to be more than a coincidence, as the name of Bearden's mother, Bessye (sic), is listed on the letterhead of an organization called, " Friends of James P. Johnson" An audio recording of Carolina Shout, featuring Harry Connick Jr. on piano, is included on the companion CD to the National Gallery of Art Exhibition, Romare Bearden Revealed, by Branford Marsalis. – The Mint Museum of Art The Dove Falling Star (painting) Fisherman (painting) "Jammin' at the Savoy" (painting) The Lantern (painting) Last of the Blue Devils Madonna and Child, (collage) – ca. 1968-1970, Minnesota Museum of American Art Morning of the Rooster Patchwork Quilt (collage) – 1970, Museum of Modern Art Pepper Jelly Lady (color lithograph), Minnesota Museum of American Art Piano Lesson (painting) – Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, inspired the play The Piano Lesson Pittsburgh Memory (collage) – 1964, Collection of w, New York. Used as album art for The Roots album ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin. Prevalence of Ritual: Tidings (collage) Recollection Pond (tapestry) – 1974–1990, 7 plus 1 artist's proof/8 made, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum; Port Authority of NY & NJ; York College, City University of New York; The Metropolitan Museum of Art Return of the Prodigal Son – 1967, Albright-Knox Art Gallery Rocket to the Moon (collage) She-Ba Showtime (painting) Soul Three (collage) – 1968, Dallas Museum of Art Summertime (collage) – 1967, Saint Louis Art Museum The Woodshed Wrapping it up at the Lafayette The Dove 1964 "The Family" 1941 "The family" 1975 Selected collections Pérez Art Museum Miami, Fla. Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas Art Museum of West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN