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Several nude people, each with a different skin hue, relax languidly underneath trees in a rural landscape. The shapes in this painting are simplified, soft. But overall they remain recognizable. Looking upward—toward the background—an oval-shaped portal in the tree copse opens toward a pink mirage. An unconcerned, utopian group, but in somber colors.

The Drying After, 1961

Bob Thompson

A work made of gelatin silver print.

The Invisible Man (Harlem, New York), from the series "A Man Becomes Invisible" (1952), 1952

Gordon Parks

A self-portrait oil painting of American artist Archibald John Motley, Jr. He wears a white shirt, a black tie with a diamond horseshoe pin, and a brown jacket; in his left hand he holds a palette, upon which are splotches of paint arranged according to the order of the color wheel; in his right hand he holds a long, slender paintbrush. Motley’s eyes are directed towards the viewer, he has a small mustache, and his light brown skin is contrasted by the black background.

Self-Portrait, c. 1920

Archibald John Motley Jr.

An oil painting of a large, male African American figure who looks left into the distance. He holds his hand out towards the dark blue sky, and he appears to break free from a pile of rubble in the background.

This, My Brother, 1942

Charles White

A work made of carbon transfer, graphite pencil, watercolor, and colored pencil on cream japanese paper.

A Family Choice?, n.d.

Joseph Yoakum

A work made of silk, cotton, and rayon, 27 narrow woven strips of plain weave with bands of weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave and bands of plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts; joined.

Kente Wrapper (Nsaduaso), 1925-75

Asante

A work made of blue fountain pen and pastel on cream wove paper.

A Cyclone in Action at Iola Kansas in the Year of 1920, 1969

Joseph Yoakum

A work made of internal dye diffusion transfer print.

Shakeia, 2013

Dawoud Bey

A work made of pen and brush and black ink on cream wove paper with pink fibers.

Coming Home from Work, 1938/43

Eldzier Cortor

A work made of charcoal with smudging, erasing and red crayon on ivory wove paper.

Drawing from "Zeno Writing" (landscape, text fragments), 2002

William Kentridge

A work made of internal dye diffusion transfer print.

Spatial poem reply 2, 2015

Kemang Wa Lehulere

Abstract painting in bright yellow, green, and orange. Undulating, visible brushstrokes give the surface a bright yet dusty and layered effect.

Untitled, 1965

Beauford Delaney

Black-and-white woodcut of an abstracted sunset. On the top is the sun rising from a straight horizon line, and on the bottom is an upside down sun-like form, connected to curving lines and dots.

Avey, from Cane, 2000

Martin Puryear

Àdìre Oniko Wrapper

Àdìre Oniko Wrapper, 1901/1993

Yoruba

A work made of sixteen silver dye bleach print diptychs, framed 1) sisters i (l: nefertiti, r: devonia) 2) sisters ii (l: nefertiti's daughter merytaten, r: devonia's daughter candace) 3) sisters iii (l: nefertiti's daughter maketaten, r: devonia's daughter kimberley) 4) sisters iv (l: devonia's sister lorraine, r: nefertiti's sister mutnedjmet) 5) ceremonial occasions i (l: devonia as matron of honor, r: nefertiti performing a lustration) 6) ceremonial occasions ii (l: devonia attending a wedding, r: nefertiti performing an aten ritual) 7) a mother's kiss (t: candace and devonia, b: nefertiti and daughter) 8) motherhood (l: nefertiti, r: devonia reading to candace and edward, jr.) 9) young princesses (l: nefertiti's daughter ankhesenpaaten, r: devonia's daughter candace) 10) wordly princesses (l: nefertiti's daughter merytaten, r: devonia's daughter kimberley) 11) crowned heads (l: nefertiti's husband akhenaten, r: devonia's husband edward) 12) young queens (l: nefertiti, aged 24, r: devonia, aged 24) 13) progress of queens (l: devonia, aged 35. r: nefertiti, aged 36) 14) cross-generational (l: nefertiti, the last image, r: devonia's daughter kimberley) 15) hero worship (l: devonia at 14 and lorraine at 3, r: devonia at 24 and lorraine at 13) 16) sibling rivalry (l: nefertiti, r: nefertiti's sister mutnedjmet).

Miscegenated Family Album, 1980/94

Lorraine O'Grady

A work made of gelatin silver print.

The Robe, from the series "Born Hip", 1962

Billy Abernathy

A work made of wood, silver, copper, amber, silk, and carnelian.

Prayer-String Necklace, Early 20th century

Tekna

A work made of single-channel color video, with sound.

Untitled (the Great Society) I, 2006

Rodney McMillian

Woman's Apron

Woman's Apron, Mid–20th century

Grasslands

A work made of polychrome enamel on copper with metal mounts.

Box: Head of an African, c. 1750

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