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A work made of lithograph on ivory wove paper.

Icarus, 1963

John E. Dowell, Jr.

Geometric shapes outlined in white fit together like a puzzle, coming in from the edges of the canvas. The shapes are blue/green, purple, and orange/purple; they are each colored with small splotches of paint in purple, red yellow, and green/blue.

Con brio, 1983

Keith Morrison

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Mother and Child, Free Huey Rally, De Fremery Park, Oakland, from the series "Black Panthers", July 28, 1968, printed 1996

Ruth-Marion Baruch

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Sleazy Guy and Woman, from the series "The Bar", 1979/89

Larry Chatman

A work made of wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "turkish" (ghiordes) knots".

Carpet, 1850/1900

A work made of acrylic on canvas.

At the Bathers’ Pool: Ancient Goddesses and the Contest for Classic Purity, 1985

Robert H. Colescott

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Invisible Woman III, 2006

Sabelo Mlangeni

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

Art Towards Social Development, 1982

Thamsanqa (Thami) Mnyele

Light seems to emanate from a dark-skinned figure (most likely a woman) holding a dark-skinned in their arms. The figure points their face up, eyes closed, a cover over their head and shoulders.

I Have a Dream, 1976

Charles White

A work made of ink on paper.

falling event 1, 2014

Kemang Wa Lehulere

A work made of blue ballpoint pen and watercolor on tan wove paper.

Nat King Cole, n.d.

Joseph Yoakum

A work made of gelatin silver print, from "the harlem document".

Revival Meeting, 1938, printed 1976

Aaron Siskind

A work made of pen and brush and black ink on cream card, laid down on cream card.

The Family Upstairs, n.d.

George Herriman

A work made of woodcut on ivory japanese paper.

Dark Loop, 1982

Martin Puryear

A work made of watercolor and graphite pencil on tan wove paper.

Altheia Gibson Our Champion Tennis Star, 1963

Joseph Yoakum

A work made of charcoal, with smudging, erasing and scratching, on tan wove paper, laid down.

Portrait of a Woman, 1950

Charles White

A work made of gelatin silver print.

A Young Boy from a Marching Band, from the series "Harlem, U.S.A.", 1977, printed by 1979

Dawoud Bey

A work made of watercolor and gouache on cream wove paper.

Untitled, 1961

Beauford Delaney

A work made of etching with soft ground, aquatint, drypoint and engraving on fabriano rosapina bianco paper.

Act I, Scene 2, from UBU Tells the Truth, 1996–97

William Kentridge

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Off on My Own (Harlem, New York), from the series "Harlem is Nowhere", 1948

Gordon Parks

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