Curator

  • Art Institute Chicago
  • Harvard art museum
  • My Exhibition
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.

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

Ibrahima Sanlé Sory

A work made of copper alloy.

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

Asante

A work made of lithograph in red on cream wove paper laid down on linen.

Red Cross Our Day 1917, 1917

John Singer Sargent

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

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Harlem, NY, from the series "Harlem, U.S.A.", 1978, printed 2010

Dawoud Bey

A work made of screenprint on white wove paper.

L.H.O.O.Q. (X), from Re-print, 2009

Kendell Geers

A work made of oil on panel.

Giafar, 1850s

Alfred Dedreux

A work made of monotype on cream japanese paper.

The Sunny South, 1939

Walter Ellison

A work made of painted poplar.

Sister Tuesday, 1934

Leslie G. Bolling

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Intrigue, c. 1935

James VanDerZee

Color print of ten African American people raising their fists. They stand in two diagonal lines that converge in the middle. In the background, "unite" is repeated diagonally in yellow, purple, blue, and red block letters.

Unite (AfriCOBRA), 1971

Barbara Jones

A self-portrait oil painting of American artist Archibald John Motley, Jr. He wears a white shirt, a black tie with a diamond horseshoe pin, and a brown jacket; in his left hand he holds a palette, upon which are splotches of paint arranged according to the order of the color wheel; in his right hand he holds a long, slender paintbrush. Motley’s eyes are directed towards the viewer, he has a small mustache, and his light brown skin is contrasted by the black background.

Self-Portrait, c. 1920

Archibald John Motley Jr.

An oil painting of a large, male African American figure who looks left into the distance. He holds his hand out towards the dark blue sky, and he appears to break free from a pile of rubble in the background.

This, My Brother, 1942

Charles White

A work made of gelatin silver print.

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

Gordon Parks

Several nude people, each with a different skin hue, relax languidly underneath trees in a rural landscape. The shapes in this painting are simplified, soft. But overall they remain recognizable. Looking upward—toward the background—an oval-shaped portal in the tree copse opens toward a pink mirage. An unconcerned, utopian group, but in somber colors.

The Drying After, 1961

Bob Thompson

A work made of carbon transfer, graphite pencil, watercolor, and colored pencil on cream japanese paper.

A Family Choice?, n.d.

Joseph Yoakum

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Ballerinas, Bud Bilikin Day Parade, Hyde Park, Chicago, 1987

Thomas Frederick Arndt

A work made of pen and brush and black ink on cream wove paper with pink fibers.

Coming Home from Work, 1938/43

Eldzier Cortor

<<<34353637 >>>