For examples of Beardenâs work from all phases of his career, see Fine, et al., The Art of Romare Bearden; Fine discusses Beardenâs early work, including his abstractions, in her catalog essay âRomare Bearden: The Spaces Betweenâ (2-28). â 5. Gail Gelburd, âRomare Bearden in Black and White: The Photomontage Projections of 1964,â 20.