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A work made of durst lambda print on paper, 2/5 limited edition.

Okavango Delta Spa, Botswana, Rendering, 1997

ROY

Terracotta sculpture of a woman of African descent's face: her hair is flattened against her skull, extending down to the figure’s neck, and its texture is delineated with small incisions. Her face possesses a prominent forehead, broad nose, and full lips. The sculpture is both highly individual yet also timeless and universal.

Head of a Black Woman, c. 1935

Sargent Claude Johnson

Seated Figure

Seated Figure, 16th/20th century

Sapi

A work made of painted leather and fabric.

Eshu (The Trickster), 1971

Betye Saar

A work made of gelatin silver print.

The Dunes, Indiana, 1963

Robert Earl Wilson

Black-and-white photograph of a seated black man who is receiving medical care from two other individuals. The man has an anguished expression, with his mouth open in pain, and he wears a button-up shirt that is spattered with blood. The brown-skinned person on the man's right, whose back is to the camera, tends to the man's right eye. On the left a white-skinned person reaches into the frame, and holds the man's head steady.

Battered Man, 1948

Gordon Parks

Black-and-white photograph of a dark-skinned woman wearing a headwrap and a fancy dress. She peers into a glass orb with an elk etched on it. Text at the bottom of the photograph reads “You will find him at the Elk’s Club."

You Will Find Him at the Elk's Club, c. 1927

James VanDerZee

A work made of gelatin silver print.

3:15 a.m. Going to work: standing room only now, on the Wolwekraal-Marabastad bus, which is licensed to carry 62 sitting and 29 standing passengers, 1983, printed 2007

David Goldblatt

Woman's Apron

Woman's Apron, Mid–20th century

Grasslands

A work made of layers of cotton, plain weave; pieced and quilted; appliquéd with wool and wool and cotton plain weaves and wool twill weaves; embroidered with cotton in chain, cross, and a derivative of herringbone stitches; applied plied yarn edging; lined with cotton plain weaves; pieced.

Tunic (Jibbeh), 1885/99

Mahdist peoples

A dark-skinned man shouts and holds a sign that reads “No Vietnamese Ever Called Me a Nigger. Stop the War Now!”. He walks down the street surrounded by fellow protesters.

First Anti-Vietnam War March, 1967

LeRoy Henderson

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Bowl with Black Interlocking Lattice on Interior; White Interlocking Squared Spirals on Exterior, 1300–1400

Cibola

A work made of terracotta and slip.

Water or Storage Container, Early/mid–20th century

Hausa

A work made of cotton thread, glass beads, and cowrie shells.

Woman's Apron, Mid–20th century

Grasslands

A work made of .1: pieced of 15 strips of cotton, warp striped plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts and self-patterned by bands of ground weft-floats .2: pieced of 12 strips of cotton, warp striped plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts and self-patterned by bands of ground weft-floats.

Woman's Kente Wrappers, Mid–20th century

Ewe

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered with raffia in looped edging, pearl, roman, stem, trammed overcast and a variation on twisted chain or lateral looping stitches.

Fragment from a Royal Overskirt (ncaka kot), Probably early 19th century and possibly as early as the 18th century

Bushongo

Photograph of a brown-skinned woman with a bouquet of flowers in her lap. She sits in a chair, resting her head in her right hand, and gazes directly at the viewer, smiling slightly. Her hair is short, and she wears pearls, a watch, and long earrings. The background is in black-and-white, but her dress and the flowers have been tinted with yellow and orange hues.

Do Tell, 1930

James VanDerZee

Black-and-white photograph of four brown-skinned figures. A woman in a white wedding dress and veil is seated in the center, holding a bouquet of flowers. She is flanked by two standing men wearing tuxedos, and one standing woman who wears an elaborate dress and holding flowers. The painted backdrop is a faux classical scene, with an arch and a fake window.

Wedding Party of Four, 1927

James VanDerZee

A work made of terracotta and pigment.

Water Container, Early/mid–20th century

Zarma

A marble bust of Christ's face in agony: the face is vertically elongated, and other features are exaggerated, including deeply inset eyes and full lips. On the hairline is a crown of thorns carved in relief.

Man of Sorrows, 1950

Marion Perkins

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