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How Do You Get a Nigger Out of a Tree?

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

Carrie Mae Weems

Monochrome photograph of a seated woman holding a baby in her lap. The woman's brow is furrowed as she looks into the distance, and her cardigan and checked shirt are worn and tattered. Two young children lean on her shoulders, facing away from the camera.

Migrant Mother, Nipoma, California, 1936, printed later

Dorothea Lange

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Georgia O'Keeffe - Hands and Horse Skull, 1931

Alfred Stieglitz

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Francis Bacon, London, June 1962, printed c. 1962

Irving Penn

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Cabbage Leaf, 1931, printed 1953/54

Edward Weston

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Chicks in a Jar (A), Mexico, 1942, printed 1983

Irving Penn

Black and white photograph of outdoor event, two girls in white dresses walk under large American flag.

Fourth of July, Jay, New York, 1954

Robert Frank

Color photograph of a well-lit living room with plushy sequined chairs, shag carpet, a glass table, balloons in the corner, and stairs leading out of the room. On the stairs, the photographic image of a medium-skinned Asian woman holding a baby has been superimposed. They look fearful.

Balloons, from the series House Beautiful: Bringing the War Home, 1967–72

Martha Rosler

A work made of platinum-palladium print.

Black & White Vogue Cover (Jean Patchett), New York, 1950, printed 1968

Irving Penn

A work made of wool, cotton, and silk, plain, twill, and satin weaves; some with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; some self-patterned; some warp dyed; and some printed; pieced; backed with wool, plain weave; printed; cotton batting.

Bedcover (Mosaic or Honeycomb Quilt), 1875/80

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Discussion in Art, San Francisco, 1936

Ansel Adams

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Oskar Schlemmer, Ascona, 1926

László Moholy-Nagy

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Mount Williamson, from Manzanar, Sierra Nevada, California, c. 1944

Ansel Adams

A work made of brush and gray washes, over graphite, on ivory laid paper.

Villa in the Campagna, 1775–80

Jacques Louis David

A work made of platinum-palladium print.

Sitting Man with Pink Face, New Guinea, 1970, printed March 1979

Irving Penn

A work made of cliché-verre on ivory photographic paper.

The Thinker, 1854

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Untitled, 1963

Enrico Sarsini

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Newsies at Skeeter Branch, St. Louis, Missouri, 11:00 a.m., May 9, 1910

Lewis Wickes Hine

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Igor Stravinsky, New York, April 22, 1948, printed 1984

Irving Penn

A work made of dye imbibition print.

Eye in Keyhole, New York, 1953, printed 1984

Irving Penn

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