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A work made of oil on canvas.

A Vision, 1925–26

Joseph Stella

A work made of brush and black, blue, and red inks and watercolor and graphite with traces of acrylic paint and glitter glue on wove graph paper.

Things Fall Apart, from Human_3.0 Reading List, 2016

Cauleen Smith

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

Tall black painted wooden cabinet, white trim, shape of skyscraper.

"Skyscraper" Cabinet, c. 1927

Paul Theodore Frankl

A work made of oil on composition board.

Provincetown, 1916

Marsden Hartley

Chrome statue of featureless robbed woman holding grain stalks and a pouch.

Ceres, 1928

John Bradley Storrs

A work made of marble.

Panel from a Sarcophagus Depicting the Abduction of Persephone, 190-200

Ancient Roman

A work made of marble.

Statuary Group of Three Satyrs Fighting a Serpent, about 1st century CE

Ancient Roman

A work made of terracotta and slip.

Water Container (Funjoho), Early/mid–20th century

Senufo

A wooden carving of a male figure. The figure has a distinctive face, with oval-shaped eyes and mouth, and wears a cap on his head. His body is covered in various shells, bones, feathers, fabric, and metal nails, and he holds a mirror-sealed resin packet over his stomach.

Male Figure (Nkisi Nkondi), Probably early to mid-19th century

Vili

A work made of wood.

Headrest (Isicamelo or Isigqiki), 19th century

Northern Nguni

A work made of tempera, with touches of pastel, on tan wove paper, laid down on canvas.

Study for "The Jungle", 1942

Wifredo Lam

A work made of bronze.

Woman Leaning on Her Hands, 1905, cast c. 1930

Henri Matisse

A work made of oil on canvas.

Caos-Caos, 1950

Wifredo Lam

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Malcolm X Holding up Black Muslim Newspaper, Los Angeles, California, May 8, 1963

Gordon Parks

A work made of oil with smoke on cardboard laid down on wood.

L'autophage (Fulgurites), 1938

Wolfgang Paalen

A work made of oil on canvas.

Psychological Morphology, 1938

Matta

Painting of an Indigenous woman native to Mexico bent and seated on a brown floor, using red thread to create a geometric design on a backstrap loom. Earth tones dominate, while a dresser in the background and the bottom portion of the woman's white dress are a deep blue.

Weaving, 1936

Diego Rivera

An abstract painting in greens and blues shows many small, card- or brick-like squares and rectangles merging at bottom and encroaching upon the center from the sides, like a wall trying to close itself, or a wall opening. Beyond these shapes is the suggestion of a hazy green sky with clouds and perhaps more shapes.

Towards the Unknown, 1950

Gunther Gerzso

A work made of oil on hardboard.

La Ciudad Perdida (The Lost City), 1948

Gunther Gerzso

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