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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 oil on canvas.

Black Pride Whitewashed, 1971

Norman Parish

A work made of oil on canvas.

Poor Room—There Is No Time, No End, No Today, No Yesterday, No Tomorrow, Only the Forever, and Forever, and Forever without End, 1942–43, 1948–55, 1957–63

Ivan Albright

A work made of oil on canvas.

Western Industrial, 1955

Charles Sheeler

A work made of oil on canvas.

Portrait of Mary Block, 1955–57

Ivan Albright

A work made of oil on canvas.

And Man Created God in His Own Image, 1930–31

Ivan Albright

A work made of inkjet print.

Green, Chicago River, from the series “Revealing Chicago” (2003-04), March 13, 2004

Terry Evans

A work made of oil on canvas.

Mrs. Charles Deering (Marion Denison Whipple), 1888

John Singer Sargent

A work made of oil on canvas.

Memories of the Past, 1927

Ivan Albright

A work made of relief etching from a zinc plate on grayish-ivory china paper.

Calavera of Francisco Madero, from Calavera Maderista, printed 1944

José Guadalupe Posada

A work made of oil on cardboard.

Ready for the Fiesta, 1920

William Penhallow Henderson

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 work made of watercolor with crayon and glue layered on wove paper, laid down on board, in artist's frame.

Nude Woman, Full Body, 1937

Ivan Albright

A work made of oil on board.

Figure in Pink and Yellow, 1914

Manierre Dawson

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.

Large black sculpture in the shape of Africa. The form is covered in gold chains, circular photographs or "medallions" depicting prominent African American figures, and other images and text. The sculpture hangs on a white wall. "

Africa Restored (Cheryl as Cleopatra), 2003-ongoing

Kerry James Marshall

A work made of oil on canvas.

Thistles, 1883–89

John Singer Sargent

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

Heavy the Oar to Him Who is Tired, Heavy the Coat, Heavy the Sea, 1939

Ivan Albright

A work made of oil on canvas.

Rehearsal of the Pasdeloup Orchestra at the Cirque d'Hiver, c. 1879

John Singer Sargent

A work made of painted plaster.

Schiller Building (later Garrick Theater): Sections of Star-Pod Design from Proscenium Vault, c. 1891/92

Louis H. Sullivan

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