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

Married Woman's Bògòlanfini Wrapper, 1988

Djowari Suko

A work made of color video, sound (five monitors), metal scaffolding; edition number one of three.

Tears for Eros, 1999

Kendell Geers

Black-and-white photograph of a black girl in profile looking out the window of log cabin, eyes partially closed, toward an open shutter covered in tattered newspaper advertisements, one featuring an image of a white woman. The girl's hair is in braids, her light shirt slightly dirty.

Girl at Gee's Bend, Alabama, 1937

Arthur Rothstein

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Bantu Children at School, c. 1965

Ernest Cole

A work made of terracotta and slip.

Storage Container, Early/mid–20th century

Nuna

A work made of vandyke print.

Jonathan's Hands, 1998

Rashid Johnson

A work made of suite of five paintings: vignette 2 (2005): acrylic on plexiglas; vignette 2.25 (2008); vignette 2.50 (2008) and vignette 2.75 (2008): acrylic on polyvinyl; vignette 3 (2005): acrylic on plexiglas.

Vignette Suite, 2005/08

Kerry James Marshall

A work made of gelatin silver print.

2:40 a.m. Going to work, Mathysloop, KwaNdebele, 1984, printed c. 2012

David Goldblatt

A work made of gold.

Feline Figurine, 250–550 CE

Moche

A work made of terracotta.

Palm Wine Vessel, Mid–20th century

Baule

Goldweight Depicting a Bird

Goldweight Depicting a Bird, 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

Film still of ocean, orange sunset, small boat in shadow.

Caribs' Leap/Western Deep, 2002

Steve McQueen

A work made of deer hide, ermine tails, glass pony beads, hair, porcupine quills, and trade cloth.

War Shirt, 1830–40

Missouri

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Refilwe Mahlaba, Thokoza, Johannesburg, from the series "Faces & Phases", 2010, printed 2014

Zanele Muholi

A work made of painted leather and fabric.

Eshu (The Trickster), 1971

Betye Saar

Seated Figure

Seated Figure, 16th/20th century

Sapi

A full-body, photograph of a nude, female figure in profile. She sits on a pallet of blankets in front of a fireplace, and in the background is an ascending staircase.

Nude, 1925

James VanDerZee

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

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

Cibola

Sepia-toned photograph. A person with short, cropped hair wearing a fedora and formal riding gear stands in front of a brick wall, hands in their pockets, face cocked upwards and smiling. There is a small cutout photograph of a dog and a decorative metal gate with flowers in the background,

Riding Habit, 1939

James VanDerZee

A work made of 16mm color film, sound, transferred to digital video (projection); 3:11.

Monument, 1990

William Kentridge

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