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Red knit skirt, paired with the sweater 2009/2/163A. The words IF NOTHING CHANGES are outlined in white along the bottom border of the skirt.

Lisa Anne Auerbach
If Nothing Changes, It Changes Nothing (Skirt)
2007
Merino wool |
Museum Purchase
2009/2.163B

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Long sleeve knit sweater, navy blue on top and red on bottom with red and white striped cuffs on the sleeves. There is a pattern of white stars on the front of the sweater, along with the words IF NOTHING CHANGES outlined in white. The back of the sweater also has a pattern of white stars along with the words 2008 IT CHANGES NOTHING outlined in white.

Lisa Anne Auerbach
If Nothing Changes, It Changes Nothing (Sweater)
2007
Merino wool |
Museum Purchase
2009/2.163A

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Tyree Guyton
Dotty-Wotty House
woodcut on paper
14 15/16 in. x 22 7/16 in. ( 38 cm x 57 cm )
Gift of Alexa Lee

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Tyree Guyton
Dotty-Wotty House
1994
etching and engraving | paper
Gift of Alexa Lee
1995/1.49

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An open cigar box with the lid showing. The open lid has six heads of figures, of them wearing tall hats and some with torsos. The text "Dutch Masters" is above their heads and behind them is more text that is made illegible by their heads. A row of cigars in the box is below the figures. Two in the middle have a decorative element. The front of the cigar box is visible and shows five figures' heads and torsos. To the right is the text again, "Dutch Masters." Both this piece and the oil on canvas version by the same title were created in 1963 so it is possible this one is a proof for the final edition.

Larry Rivers
Dutch Master
1963
graphite, colored crayons and collage | paper
Gift of Herbert Barrows
2000/2.252

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A massive wood-carved headdress with stylized face (showing classic Yoruba features) of bulging eyes with defined upper lids, long, straight, triangular nose, symmetrical scarification patterns consisting of three horizontal lines on each cheek, and a short beard from ear to ear just underneath the lower lip. Two large “ears” protrude on either side of head and act as “scaffolding” for numerous attachments of symbolic content: birds and lions predominate, but also visible are amulets, wooden claws and beads, crosses, and an insignia shield of some kind. The ears terminate in two oblong mirrors with lions leaping off of each. Layers of pigment are visible, giving the impression that it has been repainted over time.

Workshop of Adugbologe
Egúngún headdress
1945 – 1955
wood, mirrors, pigment, gourd, beads, metal
Gift of the Edward H. Eliscu Family
1985/1.183

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Jean-René Sautour-Gaillard
Chimères Reconnues (Recognized Fabrications)
1997
wool, linen, silk and gold thread
Gift of Roy and Winnifred Poland Pierce
1997/2.6

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In this dark print a young man and a woman stand together. The man's left arm is draped across the woman's shoulders. The man wears a t-shirt tucked into pants with the text "WASTED YOUTH." The man's right arm is bent at the elbow, and he makes a hand gesture with his right hand. The woman has curly hair that falls below her shoulders, she wears a t-shirt and pants. There is a green rectangular flap across her chest that has an outline drawing of breasts. The woman's arms are down at her side. The colors used in this print are green, purple, orange, pink, and black.

Leon Golub
Wasted Youth I
1994
screenprint | paper
Gift of Thomas Deutsch
1999/1.85

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This bright, busy assemblage resembles Mexican folk art. Some elements within it are irridescent glass marbles, shards of glass, three owl figurines, a blue feather, part of a white china plate with a floral design, pieces of brightly colored Mexican terracotta pottery, and a broken W. Goebel "Barnyard Hero" figurine of a boy and duck. All are attached to a blue wooden board.

George Vargas
Children's Garden
china, irridescent glass marbles, broken glass, terracotta pottery, and feather on wood
13 3/8 in x 6 1/8 in x 5/8 in (33.97 cm x 15.56 cm x 1.59 cm)
Gift of the artist

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Mask is made entirely of blackish-brown dyed and molded raffia fiber; face has bulging forehead, deeo set narrow eyes, bulbous nose, and raffia “beard.” Top of head has cone-like crest of small fiber knots.<br />

Salampasu
Mask (idangani)
1900 – 1983
dyed fiber, raffia
Gift of Prof. and Mrs. Horace M. Miner
1983/2.184

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Face mask made of wood, covered in white kaolin; face has round, bulging forehead, deep set narrow eyes, small round ears, fiber beard, open rectangular mouth and pointed teeth; basketry weave that held mask on the dancer’s head is visible at back and sides; raffia attachment on top of head frayed and missing.<br />

Salampasu
Mask (Kasangu)
1920 – 1960
wood, raffia, kaolin and fiber
Museum Purchase assisted by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1971/2.44

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Ming Smith
Canaan Baptist Church Lady
gelatin silver print on paper
10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.32 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Director's Acquisition Committee, 2021

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