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Print in black ink of a black boy sitting on a stool. Behind him looms a skeleton in a white hooded costume holding a noose. The skeleton is held back by a larger-than-life black man in glasses, William Patterson, who reaches in from the right side of the image wearing a banner that reads, "CRC."

Civil Rights Congress, 1949

Elizabeth Catlett

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 tempera on panel, transferred to canvas.

Noli Me Tangere, 1500–05

Perugino

A work made of watercolor and brush and black ink on white japanese paper.

Two Figures, 1940

Diego Rivera

A work made of gouache, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper.

Composition with Figures, 1932

Joan Miró

A work made of brush and black ink on ivory wove paper.

Three Figures, n.d.

John Chin Young

A work made of oil on paper, on board.

Schoolhouse, 1920

Paul Klee

A work made of silver.

Stater (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Athena, 317-310 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of wood, brass, copper, and iron.

Figure (Mbulu Ngulu), Late 19th-early 20th century

Kota

A work made of bronze with dark brown patina.

Satyr Mother and Child, c. 1510/40

Workshop of Severo da Ravenna (Severo Calzetta)

A work made of terracotta, black-figure on white ground.

Alabastron (Container for Scented Oil), about 500-480 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of wood, glass beads, shell, copper alloy, and thread.

Female Figure (Akua'ba), Mid–19th or early 20th century

Fante

Historical black and white photographical portrait of Black man in a suit, gold frame.

Frederick Douglass, 1847-52

Samuel J. Miller

Kneeling Figure

Kneeling Figure, late 2nd millennium B.C.

A work made of oil on canvas.

Moonrise, 1891

George Inness

Male Figure (Blolo Bian)

Male Figure (Blolo Bian), Early/mid–20th century

Baule

A work made of oil on canvas.

Head (I), 1958

Leon Golub

Painting of man who is seated with his hands over his lap. He is dressed in prayer clothes, with a white shawl draped over his head and shoulders. His facial features and hands are slightly distorted, and the background is an abstract pattern of black and white.

The Praying Jew, 1923 (one of two versions after a 1914 composition)

Marc Chagall

A work made of bronze.

Spring Frolic, c. 1904/06

Pierre Bonnard

A work made of terracotta, red-figure.

Chous (Toy Pitcher), 440-420 BCE

Ancient Greek

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