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Cool-toned paper collage of a number of black figures in a room. In the left foreground, a small, female figure spins wool; behind her a larger female figure works an upright loom. A male figure strides across the frame. Three male figures stand to the side, and a figure carrying a knife enters the room through a doorway in the back. A large window in the background frames a mountainous island and a ship with white sails.

The Return of Odysseus (Homage to Pinturicchio and Benin), 1977

Romare Howard Bearden

A work made of metal, plastic, and wood objects.

Pitchfork Lady, 1964

Don Baum

A work made of limestone.

Church Lady, 1933–37

William Edmondson

A work made of oil on canvas.

Head of a Young Woman, 1926

Marie Laurencin

Somewhat abstract and geometric painting of a clearly discernable, light-skinned female dancer, standing in profile, swaths of white lace fabric adorning and radiating from her, a fan in her hand.

Spanish Dancer, 1920s

Natalia Goncharova

Print in black ink of of a black male sprawled on his back with eyes open, a noose around his neck. The feet of several other men are visible near him at the top of the print.

And a Special Fear for My Loved Ones, from The Black Woman [formerly The Negro Woman] (published 1946-47), 1947, printed 1989

Elizabeth Catlett

A work made of pen and brown ink with brush and watercolor over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper.

Two Women, c. 1840

Constantin Guys

Painted portrait of woman in green dress and cloud backdrop.

Mrs. Daniel Hubbard (Mary Greene), c. 1764

John Singleton Copley

A work made of oil on board mounted on wood panel.

The Artist in His Studio, 1865–66 and 1895

James McNeill Whistler

A work made of oil on panel.

A Bundle of Lavender, 1910

Augustus Edwin John

Woman with Basket

Woman with Basket, 1926

Chana Orloff

Charcoal drawing of young woman wearing headscarf, staring out expressionless.

The Artist's Mother, 1926 or 1936

Arshile Gorky

A work made of oil on canvas.

Head of a Woman, summer 1909

Pablo Picasso

A colorful screenprint that depicts abstracted figures dancing. A brown-skinned man wearing a black suit and orange shoes energetically dances with a brown-skinned woman wearing a yellow dress and blue shoes. To the right of the woman are orange shapes that resemble musical instruments. The background is divided into blocks of color—the top left is pale yellow, the top right is white, and the bottom third is filled with vertical blue stripes.

Jitterbugs II, c. 1941

William H. Johnson

A work made of oil on canvas.

Man and Female Nude Leaning on a Chair, 1970

Philip Pearlstein

A work made of oil on canvas.

Head of a Woman, 1939

Georges Rouault

A work made of woodcut in black, with touches of brush and black ink, on cream laid paper.

The Women's Bath, 1530/40

Hans Sebald Beham

A work made of brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper.

Two Women in Yellow Kerchiefs, n.d.

Constantin Guys

A work made of oil on canvas.

Still Life, 1938

Pierre Roy

Portrait of woman in black and white stripped dress against floral wallpaper.

Portrait of Joaneta Obrador, 1918

Joan Miró

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