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Tour: African American Artists: Collection Highlights
Overview The Gallery's collection of American art includes nearly 400 works by African-American artists. This online tour offers commentary on a selection of twenty-two paintings, works on paper, and sculpture ranging from a colonial portrait by Joshua Johnson of Baltimore to modern and contemporary pieces by Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, Alma Thomas, Sam Gilliam, Barkley Hendricks, Willie Cole, Kara Walker, and Lorna Simpson.
Captions
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1 | Jacob Lawrence, Street to Mbari, 1964 |
2 | Barkley Leonnard Hendricks, Sir Charles, Alias Willie Harris, 1972 |
3 | James Lesesne Wells, African Nude, 1980 |
4 | Glenn Ligon, Untitled: Four Etchings [A], 1992 |
5 | Kara Walker, Freedom, a Fable: A Curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times, 1997 |
6 | Bob Thompson, Tree, 1962 |
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7 | Willie Cole, Domestic ID, V, 1992 |
8 | Sam Gilliam, Relative, 1969 |
9 | Alma Thomas, Red Rose Cantata, 1973 |
10 | Martin Puryear, Lever No. 3, 1989 |
11 | Martin Puryear, Profile, 2002 |
12 | Charles Wilbert White, Mother, 1945 |
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13 | Romare Bearden, Tomorrow I May Be Far Away, 1967 |
14 | Howardena Pindell, Untitled, #20, 1974 |
15 | Joseph Norman, Slum Gardens No. 3, 1990 |
16 | Lorna Simpson, Untitled (Two Necklines), 1989 |
17 | Lorna Simpson, Two Pairs, 1997 |
18 | Fred Wilson, Exchange, 2004 |
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19 | Horace Pippin, Interior, 1944 |
20 | Joshua Johnson, The Westwood Children, c. 1807 |
21 | Jacob Lawrence, Daybreak - A Time to Rest, 1967 |
22 | Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Seine, c. 1902 |
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