W19 Young - HISTORY 196 - The Art of History - Representing African Americans on Film, Stage and Screen
Sargent Claude Johnson Lenox Avenue lithograph on paper 12 ½ in x 8 9/16 in (31.75 cm x 21.75 cm) Allocated by the U.S. Government
Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Kara Walker One of five prints from the suite "The Means to an End--A Shadow Drama in Five Acts" aquatint and etching on light cream Somerset Satin wove paper 34 7/8 x 23 3/8 in. (88.5 x 59.3 cm);40 x 28 x 1 in. (101.6 x 71.12 x 2.54 cm) Museum purchase made possible by the Jean Paul Slusser Memorial Fund
Kara Walker One of five prints from the suite "The Means to an End--A Shadow Drama in Five Acts" aquatint and etching on light cream Somerset Satin wove paper 34 11/16 x 23 1/4 in. (88 x 59 cm) Museum purchase made possible by the Jean Paul Slusser Memorial Fund
Kara Walker One of five prints from the suite "The Means to an End--A Shadow Drama in Five Acts" aquatint and etching on light cream Somerset Satin wove paper 34 11/16 x 23 5/16 in. (88.1 x 59.1 cm) Museum purchase made possible by the Jean Paul Slusser Memorial Fund
Kara Walker One of five prints from the suite "The Means to an End--A Shadow Drama in Five Acts" aquatint and etching on light cream Somerset Satin wove paper 34 13/16 x 23 3/8 in. (88.4 x 59.3 cm);40 x 27 1/2 x 1 in. (101.6 x 69.85 x 2.54 cm) Museum purchase made possible by the Jean Paul Slusser Memorial Fund
Kara Walker One of five prints from the suite "The Means to an End--A Shadow Drama in Five Acts" aquatint and etching on light cream Somerset Satin wove paper 34 3/4 x 23 5/16 in. (88.2 x 59.2 cm) Museum purchase made possible by the Jean Paul Slusser Memorial Fund
Betye Saar Colored mixed media assemblage with photographs, paper, and thread on wood 14 ½ in x 30 in x 1 ½ in (36.83 cm x 76.2 cm x 3.81 cm);10 in x 5 in x ½ in (25.4 cm x 12.7 cm x 1.27 cm) Museum purchase made possible by Dr. James and Vivian Curtis and the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund
Glenn Ligon Untitled etching, aquatint, spitbite, and sugarlift on Rives BFK paper 25 in x 17 1/4 in (63.5 cm x 43.82 cm);32 3/16 in x 26 3/16 in (81.76 cm x 66.52 cm) Museum Purchase
Glenn Ligon Untitled etching, aquatint, spitbite, sugarlift on Rives BF 25 in x 17 1/4 in (63.5 cm x 43.82 cm);32 3/16 in x 26 3/16 in (81.76 cm x 66.52 cm) Museum Purchase
Carrie Mae Weems After Manet chromogenic print on paper 33 ¾ in x 33 ¾ in x 1 ½ in (85.73 cm x 85.73 cm x 3.81 cm);33 ¾ in x 33 ¾ in x 1 ½ in (85.73 cm x 85.73 cm x 3.81 cm) Museum purchase made possible by the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund
Romare Bearden Salome (John the Baptist) screenprint on paper 8 9/16 in x 10 15/16 in (21.7 cm x 27.8 cm) Gift of the Lannan Foundation in Honor of the Pelham Family
Miguel Covarrubias Afro-Cuban Dancers and Percussionists lithograph on paper 9 1/4 in x 13 1/2 in (23.5 cm x 34.29 cm);11 15/16 in x 16 1/16 in (30.32 cm x 40.8 cm);22 1/16 in x 28 1/8 in (56.04 cm x 71.44 cm) Museum Purchase