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A work made of eleven layers of cotton, polyester, and rayon, plain weaves; some fulled; some embroidered with cotton in laid work and couching; all beaded with cotton, polyolefin, plastic, and glass beads; embellished with brass buttons and cotton cords.

Wedding Cape (Isibheklane), c. 1950/60

Ngwane

Black background with white mixed media on top.

A Siren Beside a Ship, 2014

Mark Bradford

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Man Coming up Subway Stairs, 1952, printed 1996

Roy DeCarava

A work made of screenprint on off-white wove paper.

African National Congress, 1985

Thamsanqa (Thami) Mnyele

Black silhouette of a female figure running after a headless chicken, its head in one hand and a key in the other.

Keys to the Coop, 1997

Kara Walker

A work made of oil on canvas.

View on the River Roseau, Dominica, 1770/80

Agostino Brunias

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered with raffia in buttonhole, pearl, and stem stitches, and running stitches cut to form pile; edged with raffia and hemp, plain weave, 2:2 oblique interlacing, and raffia-wrapped-raffia cord.

Woman's Ceremonial Skirt, 1875/1925

Kuba

A work made of digital video (projection), color, sound, 14 min. 47 sec..

Girls, Tricky, 2001

Steve McQueen

A work made of digital animation, color, sound; 1 min. 22 sec..

New Kids on the Bike, 2002

Robin Rhode

A work made of copper alloy.

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

Asante

A work made of mezzotint with etching in black and color aquatint from multiple plates on ivory wove paper.

Jewels/Theme II, 1985

Eldzier Cortor

Abstract painting featuring wide horizontal bands of pinkish red at top and bottom with a band of white and band of black in the middle. Each color section has a subtle white gradient, and hints of all of these colors are present in each of the bands.

Taos, 1982

Ed Clark

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Descension, 1961

Bob Thompson

A work made of chromogenic prints.

Untitled (John-John and Bobby), 1988

Larry Johnson

A work made of inkjet prints (10) and transparencies (10).

Rock Anatomy, 2018, printed 2019

Abraham Oghobase

A work made of gelatin silver print.

A Young Woman Waiting for the Bus, Syracuse, New York, 1985

Dawoud Bey

A work made of terracotta.

Storage Vessel, Early/mid–20th century

Igbo

A work made of gelatin silver print.

A Girl at Number 100, from the series "Harlem, U.S.A.", 1975, printed 2011

Dawoud Bey

A work made of cotton and rayon, warp-faced, warp-striped plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts; machine embroidered with cotton; two widths joined.

Panel, Mid–20th century

Nupe

A work made of silk, cotton, and rayon, 27 narrow woven strips of plain weave with bands of weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave and bands of plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts; joined.

Kente Wrapper (Nsaduaso), 1925-75

Asante

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