Curator

  • Art Institute Chicago
  • Harvard art museum
  • My Exhibition
A work made of colored inks, with touches of silver metallic paint, on fabric.

Abstraction, 1970

Sam Gilliam

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Untitled (New York, Harlem), from the series "A Man Becomes Invisible" (1952), 1952

Gordon Parks

A work made of charcoal, pastel, ink, graphite, pen and inks and watercolor on ivory wove paper.

Sketchbook, 1937–42

Charles White

A work made of acrylic on cream wove paper with commercially printed text.

Beach of Silenus, 1964

Bob Thompson

A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile; wrapped with cotton.

Hanging, 1980

Thoko Zile

A work made of toned gelatin silver print with mixed media.

Mama Wata, 1995

Radcliffe Bailey

Goldweight with a Geometric Pattern

Goldweight with a Geometric Pattern, 18th/19th century

Asante

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

Panel, Possibly mid–20th century

Kuba

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

Rug, 1938

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Untitled, from the series "The Garage" (1970/80), 1970

Mikki Ferrill

Watercolor painting of a bright-pink bedroom with skewed perspective and flattened forms. Placed diagonally is a bed with a yellow bedframe and red striped sheets. In the center background is a blue dresser with an oval mirror, and on the right is a doorway through we can see a black-skinned figure holding something, possibly a baby.

Virginia Interior, 1942

Jacob Lawrence

Human figures in many colors wearing hats stand with their heads down near a yellow figure upside down, entwined with another figure, on a purple horse. The yellow figure is the only one in the work with facial features.

The Procession, 1963

Bob Thompson

A work made of burnished blackware ceramic.

Storage Jar, c. 1900

Sara Fina Tafoya

Color print with an ombre sky that fades from bright blue at the top to pale blue at the bottom. At the bottom of the frame, a youthful black figure wearing a cloak looks upward. A large conch shell in vibrant pink floats above the person's head.

Love Letter III, 1977

Charles White

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Jeanette and Floyd Simpson Wedding, 1988

Kerry Coppin

A work made of copper alloy.

Goldweight Depicting a Seated Figure with Arm Raised, 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Double-exposure Self-portrait in Place du paysan noir (Black Farmer Square), 1965-75

Ibrahima Sanlé Sory

Abstract print of intersecting, curved white lines and loops against a solid black background. Three white rectangular shapes intersect the overlapping lines and loops.

Carma, from Cane, 2000

Martin Puryear

A work made of wool; plain weave, tassels tops gathered with buttonhole stitches; henna dyed.

Headscarf, Early 20th century

Ida Ou Nadif

A work made of calabash.

Stamp for Adinkra Textile, Late 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

<<<34353637 >>>