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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 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 brass.

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

Edo

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

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

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

Chokwe

Wooden sculpture of seated king surrounded by family.

Veranda Post (Òpó Ògògá), 1910-14

Olowe of Ise

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

A work made of terracotta.

Commemorative Head, Probably mid–17th/mid–18th century

Edo

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

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