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A marble bust of Christ's face in agony: the face is vertically elongated, and other features are exaggerated, including deeply inset eyes and full lips. On the hairline is a crown of thorns carved in relief.

Man of Sorrows, 1950

Marion Perkins

Goldweight in the Form of a Geometric Shape

Goldweight in the Form of a Geometric Shape, 18th/19th century

Asante

Goldweight Depicting a Chameleon

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

Asante

A work made of steel.

Afrophoenix No. 1, 1963

Melvin Edwards

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Vessel in the Form of a Hunchback Figure Carrying a Jar, 1200–1500

Nicoya

A work made of internal dye diffusion transfer print.

Spatial poem reply 1, 2015

Kemang Wa Lehulere

A work made of super 8 film, silent, transferred to digital video (monitor); 1:05 min. loop.

Exodus, 1992/97

Steve McQueen

A work made of vegetable fibers.

Polychrome Basket, 1900–10

Isabel Hanson

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Nhlanhla Mofokeng, Katlehong, Johannesburg, from the series "Faces & Phases", 2012, printed 2014

Zanele Muholi

A work made of wool, fiber, and pigment.

Man’s Hat (Ntamp), Mid–20th century

Bamileke

A work made of inkjet print.

Before long travel, August 23, 1972, 2017

Rachel Monosov

Necklace

Necklace, 20th century

Tuareg

Red and black colored photograph of an African American man with several scars on his back, the title etched in glass on top of the image.

Black and Tanned Your Whipped Wind of Change Howled Low Blowing Itself - Ha - Smack into the Middle of Duke Ellington's Orchestra Billie Heard It Too & Cried Strange Fruit Tears, 1995

Carrie Mae Weems

Pendant

Pendant, 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of nylon and polypropylene hair, amber, coral, shell, silver, carnelian, and glass beads.

Head Ornament, After 1960

Tekna

Woman's Apron

Woman's Apron, Mid–20th century

Grasslands

A photograph of an empty parking lot at night. A mangled tree leans on the rear of a white semi-truck, which is illuminated by a tall street light. The sky is dark blue; debris is scatted on the ground of the parking lot; houses and cars are visibly in the background.

for everyone a garden VII, from the series "for everyone a garden", 2013

David Hartt

A work made of 16mm color film (transferred to digital video, projection), sound; 5 min. 49 sec..

Mine, 1991

William Kentridge

Color photograph, divided into six panels, of two seated women looking at camera.

Candida and Her Mother, Celia, II, 1994

Dawoud Bey

Black-and-white photograph of formally dressed light-skinned black men and women posed indoors in two rows around a banner that reads “Monte Carlo Sporting Club Org 1934.”

Monte Carlo Sporting Club, 1934

James VanDerZee

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