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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.

Mandoza, from the series "Men Only", 2009

Sabelo Mlangeni

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

Woman's Overskirt, 19th century

Kuba

A work made of oil on panel.

Portrait of Emmanuel Rio, 1836

Albert Schindler

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

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Twins Shoe Repair Shop, from the series "Harlem, U.S.A.", 1976/77, printed by 1979

Dawoud Bey

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 screenprint in dark red and black on white wove paper.

Defend SAAWU [South African Allied Workers Union], 1984

Judy Ann Seidman

A work made of double sided, cotton and polyester, plain weaves, some printed, some fulled; pieced; polyester batting, quilted with cotton and polyester thread.

"Pinwheel" Quilt, c. 1975

Allie Pettway

A work made of center field: raffia, plain weave; stamped or painted; borders: alternating bands of cotton and raffia, plain and twill weaves; resist dyed, painted, or stamped; and raffia, plain weave; embroidered with raffia in running stitches cut to form pile; all edged with raffia, plain weave with knotted, cut pompons; end: raffia, plain weave; tie-dyed; joined with raffia yarns in pearl stitches.

Man's Overskirt, 20th century

Kuba

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Untitled, from the series "Our Nightly Bread", 1970s, printed later

Ricardo Rangel

A work made of lithograph in black and dark red on off-white coated paper.

Art Towards Social Development, 1982

Thamsanqa (Thami) Mnyele

A work made of chromogenic print, edition number ten of ten.

Portrait of S.A.M. (Native American), 1993

Fred Wilson

A work made of ink on paper.

falling event 1, 2014

Kemang Wa Lehulere

A work made of gelatin silver print.

High School Prom, Navy Pier, Chicago, 1987

Thomas Frederick Arndt

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Morning Blues, from the series "Men Only", 2009

Sabelo Mlangeni

A work made of color etching and spit-bite aquatint on cream japanese paper, laid down on white wove paper (chine collé).

Three Holes, 2002

Martin Puryear

A work made of watercolor and brush and black ink, with pen and brown and black ink, red chalk, and brown pastel, on cream wove paper.

Composition in Brown, 1953

Norman Lewis

A work made of cotton, plain weave; resist-dyed; two panels joined.

Woman's Àdìrẹ Wrapper, 1970s

Yoruba

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