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A photograph of a gallery installation. The installation is a dyed canvas draped over two wooden sawhorses. The colorful canvas is almost sculptural, folded and bunched in space on top of the sawhorses.

"A" and the Carpenter I, 1973

Sam Gilliam

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

Married Woman's Bògòlanfini Wrapper, 1988

Koria Tarawale

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

Married Woman's Bògòlanfini Wrapper (Wele), 1987

N'tanga Diabate

A work made of chromogenic print.

Untitled, 1956-62

Robert Earl Wilson

How Do You Get a Nigger Out of a Tree?

How Do You Get a Nigger Out of a Tree?, 1987

Carrie Mae Weems

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Mandoza, from the series "Men Only", 2009

Sabelo Mlangeni

A white sheet of paper covered in the word "Backlash," printed over and over again in black. The words overlap and intersect and split up, creating a gradient—light at the top of the paper, and dark (almost illegible) at the bottom.

Backlash, Backlash..., 1991

Glenn Ligon

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

Woman's Overskirt, 19th century

Kuba

A work made of oil on panel.

Portrait of Emmanuel Rio, 1836

Albert Schindler

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Twins Shoe Repair Shop, from the series "Harlem, U.S.A.", 1976/77, printed by 1979

Dawoud Bey

A work made of center field: raffia, plain weave; stamped or painted; borders: alternating bands of cotton and raffia, plain and twill weaves; resist dyed, painted, or stamped; and raffia, plain weave; embroidered with raffia in running stitches cut to form pile; all edged with raffia, plain weave with knotted, cut pompons; end: raffia, plain weave; tie-dyed; joined with raffia yarns in pearl stitches.

Man's Overskirt, 20th century

Kuba

A work made of gilded iron or steel.

Pair of Prick Spurs, 18th/19th century

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Untitled, from the series "Our Nightly Bread", 1970s, printed later

Ricardo Rangel

Polychrome Jar

Polychrome Jar, 1840–60

Pueblo of Acoma

A work made of gelatin silver print.

High School Prom, Navy Pier, Chicago, 1987

Thomas Frederick Arndt

Charcoal portrait of the African American artist Jacob Lawrence. Lawrence wears a suit jacket and checked shirt with a tie; he has a mustache and his mouth opens in a half smile. The words "Jake Lawrence" are written in the bottom left.

Jacob Lawrence, 1957

Joseph Delaney

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Morning Blues, from the series "Men Only", 2009

Sabelo Mlangeni

A work made of cotton, plain weave; resist-dyed; two panels joined.

Woman's Àdìrẹ Wrapper, 1970s

Yoruba

A work made of wood, pigment, resin, abrus seeds, and fiber.

Crest Mask (Ngambak), Early-mid 20th century

Koro

Advertisement for Breck shampoo, featuring a light-skinned white woman with shiny, short brown hair and red lips. There are a few outlines drawn onto the ad. The artist used this as a model for his drawing of Ella Fitzgerald.

Breck Girl, n.d.

Joseph Yoakum

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