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A work made of oil on canvas.

African Chief, 1870

Mariano Fortuny y Marsal

A work made of wax.

African Hunter, 1877

Pierre-Jules Mêne

A work made of brass.

Head (Uhunmwun Elao), 18th/early 19th century

Edo

A work made of gouache, with touches of graphite, on illustration board.

Study for Aspects of Negro Life: The Negro in an African Setting, 1934

Aaron Douglas

A work made of pen and black ink over graphite, on tan tracing paper, laid down on buff wove paper.

African Village, n.d.

Rodolphe Bresdin

A work made of etching in black ink on cream laid paper.

An African Woman, c. 1630

Rembrandt van Rijn

Soft pale tones depict a close up of African mandz head.

Albino, 1986

Marlene Dumas

A work made of copper alloy.

Goldweight: Seated Figure, Mid–19th/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of brass.

Plaque, 16th/17th century

Edo

A work made of ivory.

Tusk, 1850-1888

Edo

In this screenprint, a large crowd of dark-brown-skinned figures dressed in bright yellow, red, blue, and green clothing are crossing a bridge. All of the people recoil in fear as a menacing wolf-like animal approaches them from the other side of the bridge.

Confrontation at the Bridge, 1975

Jacob Lawrence

Wooden sculpture of seated king surrounded by family.

Veranda Post (Òpó Ògògá), 1910-14

Olowe of Ise

A work made of wood, fiber, beads, and pigment.

Female Face Mask (Mwana Pwo), Late 19th/early 20th century

Chokwe

A work made of bronze.

Bust of a Woman, 1851

Charles Henri Joseph Cordier

A work made of bronze.

Bust of Saïd Abdullah of the Darfour People, 1848

Charles Henri Joseph Cordier

A work made of wood and pigment.

Mother-and-Child Figure (Bwanga bwa Chibola), Mid–late 19th century

Luluwa

A work made of terracotta.

Equestrian and Four Figures, Probably late 12th-15th century

Bankoni

A work made of wood, kaolin, and pigment.

Face Mask, Late 19th-early 20th century

Bwa

Print rendered in visible uniform lines of a 2/3 bust view of a dark-skinned mature woman looking to her left in a wide brim hat, a safety pin securing her black jacket. Her face and neck is a rich brown hue, while the rest of the portrait is rendered in black and white.

Sharecropper, 1952, printed 1970

Elizabeth Catlett

A work made of wood and pigment.

Female Headdress (Nimba, D'mba, or Yamban), Mid 19th-early 20th century

Baga

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