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Joshua Johnston (or Johnson) Portrait of a Gentleman 1805 |
Joshua Johnston (or Johnson) Portrait of a Gentleman 1805-10 |
Joshua Johnston (or Johnson) The Westwood Children 1807 |
Edmonia Wildfire Lewis Forever Free 1867 |
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Edmonia Wildfire Lewis Death of Cleopatra 1876 |
Grafton Taylor Brown The Iron-Clad Mine c. 1880 |
Harriet Powers Bible Quilt 1886 |
Harriet Powers Bible Quilt 1898 |
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Grafton Taylor Brown Yosemite Falls 1888 |
Henry Ossawa Tanner The Banjo Lesson 1893 |
Henry Ossawa Tanner Head of a Girl in Jerusalem (The Artist’s Wife) 1899 |
William A. Harper Landscape with Poplars (Afternoon at Montigny 1898 |
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Nelson Primus Portrait of a Lady (Lady with Golden Hair) 1907 |
Edwin A. Harleston Portrait of a Woman 1920 |
Nancy Elizabeth Prophet Silence 1920-40 |
Archibald J. Motley, Jr. Mending Socks 1924 |
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Archibald J. Motley, Jr. The Octoroon Girl 1925 |
Palmer Hayden Fétiche et Fleurs (Fetish and Flowers 1926 |
Laura Wheeler Waring Anne Washington Derry 1927 |
Vivian Schuyler Key Cover illustration for The Crisis, A Record of the Darker Races 1929, February issue |
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Dox Thrash Miss X 1930 |
James Lesesne Wells The Flight Into Egypt 1930 |
James Lesesne Wells Escape of the Spies from Canaan 1933 |
James A. Porter Woman Holding a Jug 1932 |
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Aaron Douglas Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers 1934 |
Aaron Douglas Aspiration 1936 |
Aaron Douglas Boy with Toy Plane 1938 |
Charles Alston
The Blue Shirt 1935 |
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Charles Alston
Modern Medicine
1935 |
Jacob Lawrence
Iceman 1936 |
Norman Lewis
Yellow Hat 1936 |
Hale A. Woodruff
Landscape 1936 |
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Hale A. Woodruff
Landscape 1936 |
Eldzier Cortor
The Night Letter 1938 |
Bill Traylor
untitled (Anthropomorphic Figure and Cat) 1938-43 |
Marion Perkins
Sitting Figure 1939 |
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Bill Traylor
Man and Large Dog 1939-42 |
Charles Sallee, Jr.
Girl with Pink Geranium 1940 |
Charles White
Sojourner Truth 1940 |
William H. Johnson
Going to Church 1940-41 |
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Horace Pippin
John Brown Going to his Hanging 1942 |
Thelma Johnson Streat
WPA Mural Studies: contributions of African Americans in medicine, transportation & industry 1930s-40s |
Thelma Johnson Streat
Black Kings 1945 |
Minnie Evans
Untitled 1945-67 |
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Minnie Evans
Design Made at Airlie Gardens 1967 |
Hughie Lee-Smith
Landscape 1947 |
Hughie Lee-Smith
Reflection 1957 |
Marion Perkins
The Kiss 1948 |
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Norman Lewis
Harlem Courtyard 1954 |
Norman Lewis
Harlem Turns White 1955 |
James Van DerZen
Alpha Phi Alpha Basketball Team 1956 |
Margaret Burroughs
Girl Seated 1959 |
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Clementine Hunter
The Pole Watchers 1948 |
Clementine Hunter
Zinnias in a Pot 1965 |
Elizabeth Catlett
Sharecropper 1970 |
Elizabeth Catlett
Seated Figure 1979 |
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Elizabeth Catlett
Homage to Black Woman Poets 1984 |
Selma Burke
Peace 1972 |
Lucille Malkia Roberts
Spectrum 1972 |
Romare Bearden
The Magic Garden 1978 |
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Charles White
Sound of Silence 1978 |
William S. Carter
Woman Thinking 1981 |
Melvin Edwards
Gate of Ogun 1983 |
Norma Morgan
Friends and Sisters 1984 |
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Viola Burley Leak
Field Trilogy 1985 |
Christian Walker
Miscegenation 1985-88 |
Lucille Malkia Roberts
Guardian 1986 |
John Biggers
Starry Crown 1987 |
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Jacob Lawrence
Genesis Creation Sermon I: In the Beginning All Was Void 1989 |
Jacob Lawrence
Genesis Creation Sermon II: And God Brought Forth the Firmament and the Water 1989 |
Jacob Lawrence
Genesis Creation Sermon III: And God Said “Let the Earth Bring Forth the Grass, Trees, Fruits, and Herbs 1989 |
Jacob Lawrence
Genesis Creation Sermon IV: And God Created the Day and the Night and God Created and Put Stars in the Skies 1989 |
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Jacob Lawrence
Genesis Creation Sermon V: And God Created All the Fowls of the Air and Fishes of the Sea 1989 |
Jacob Lawrence
Genesis Creation Sermon VI: And God Created All the Beasts of the Earth 1989 |
Jacob Lawrence
Genesis Creation Sermon VII: And God Created Man and Woman 1989 |
Jacob Lawrence
Genesis Creation Sermon II: And God Brought Forth the Firmament and the Water 1989 |
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Faith Ringgold
Change : Faith Ringgold’s Over 100 lbs Weight Loss Performance Story Quilt 1986 |
Faith Ringgold
Subway Graffiti #3 1987 |
Faith Ringgold
Sketch for "Dancing at the Louvre" 1990 |
Faith Ringgold
Dancing at the Louvre 1991 |
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Faith Ringgold
The Sunflowers Quilting Bee at Arles 1991 |
Faith Ringgold
Moroccan Holiday 1997 |
Lorna Simpson
Guarded Conditions 1989 |
Lorna Simpson
Guarded Conditions 1990 |
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Emma Amos
Equals 1992 |
Dawoud Bey
Brian and Paul (Brian) 1993 |
Dawoud Bey
Brian and Paul (Paul) 1993 |