Collage of newspaper clippings alongside a blue shape painted on a black background. In the bottom right is written "Arnold - 63".

Blue Images, 1963

Ralph Arnold

A work made of black and colored pencils on ivory wove paper.

Fable of Belonging, 2003

Kara Walker

Several panels of a cartoon comic about a dog police officer speaking to a mouse that is trying to bribe him with a banana to get away with a crime.

Krazy Kat, 1922

George Herriman

A work made of gelatin silver print.

A.m./p.m. travellers from KwaNdebele buying their weekly season tickets at the PUTCO Bus Depot in Pretoria, 1984

David Goldblatt

A work made of color photo-lithograph on white wove paper.

Chicago Duet, 2004

John E. Dowell, Jr.

A work made of gelatin silver print.

A Woman at Convent Avenue Baptist Church, from the series "Harlem, U.S.A.", 1977, printed 2010

Dawoud Bey

A work made of woodcut on cream japanese paper.

Becky, from Cane, 2000

Martin Puryear

A work made of cotton, seven narrow strips of plain weave; pieced; resist painted and printed.

Married Woman's Bògòlanfini Wrapper (Wele), 1987

N'tanga Diabate

A work made of cotton, eight narrow strips of plain weave; pieced; resist painted and printed.

Married Woman's Bògòlanfini Wrapper, 1988

Koria Tarawale

A work made of woodcut in black on cream colored kitakata, a japanese handmade paper.

Fern, from Cane, 2000

Martin Puryear

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Rafael Benito, a.k.a. Luc R. Mesadieu; Haitian Singer, Guitarist and Artist, September 11, 1987

Kerry Coppin

A work made of gelatin silver print.

New Year's Eve gathering, South Shore, Chicago, January 1, 1988

Kerry Coppin

A work made of linocut on gray laid paper.

La Presa, 1952

Elizabeth Catlett

Large rectangular painting that is mostly black, shaded in black paint and coal dust. Many words and phrases in black paint span the canvas in horizontal lines, but they are barely legible.

Stranger in the Village #13, 1998

Glenn Ligon

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Man in Window, New York, 1978

Roy DeCarava

A work made of chromogenic print.

Untitled, 1956-62

Robert Earl Wilson

A work made of blue fountain pen, purple ballpoint pen, blue felt-tip pen, and graphite pencil on tan wove paper.

A Dessart Scene of Mojava Dessert in San Bernadene County California near Joshua Tree Village, 1962/65

Joseph Yoakum

Two rectangles in blue and red faded color appear on top of tan. The object appears almost water damaged or lined from the effects of the artists work.

Khee II, 1978

Jack Whitten

A work made of gilded iron or steel.

Pair of Prick Spurs, 18th/19th century

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered in stem stitches and running stitches cut to form pile.

Woman's Overskirt, 19th century

Kuba