Checklist of the Exhibition

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Checklist of the Exhibition

Sarah Kelly Oehler (Editor), Esther Adler (Editor)

Charles White: A Retrospective

Checklist of the Exhibition

Author

Sarah Kelly Oehler (Editor), Esther Adler (Editor)

PublisherArt Institute of Chicago

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Checklist of the Exhibition

All works are by Charles White.

The checklist is organized into works exhibited by White during his lifetime, personal photographs taken by White, and reproductions of his unique works.

The works listed here were shown at all or some of the exhibition venues:

The Art Institute of Chicago
June 8, 2018–September 3, 2018

The Museum of Modern Art
October 7, 2018–January 13, 2019

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
February 17, 2019–June 9, 2019

1. Self-Portrait, 1935
Black crayon on cardboard; 41.4 × 28.1 cm (16 15⁄16 × 11 1⁄16 in.)
Private collection

2. Sketchbook, 1937–42
Charcoal, pastel, ink, graphite, pen and inks and watercolor on ivory wove paper; overall: 26 × 20.5 cm (10 ¼ × 8 1⁄16 in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago, Purchase, Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund, Director’s Fund, Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Endowment Fund, Hugh Leander and Mary Trumbull Adams Memorial Endowment Fund; and funds provided by Mary P. Hines, Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Hartman, Ruth Hartman through the Regenstein Foundation, Marshall Field, Denise and Gary Gardner, John Nichols, Sandra and Deven Rand, Amina J. Dickerson, Jean Rudd and Lionel E. Bolin, Esther Sparks Sprague, Lynn Evans in memory of Beatrice Barnett Evans and John W. Evans, Jr., James T. Parker, Patricia Pratt in memory of Marion White Pratt Lindsay, Edwin T. White, Jr., Daniel Schulman, Frederick G. and Joele Jones Michaud, 2006.259

3. John Brown, 1938
Charcoal on paper; 74.9 × 53.3 cm (29 ½ × 21 in.)
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, Gift from the collection of George and Joyce Wein

4. Untitled (Seated Woman), c. 1939
Monotype in oil on paper; 35.6 × 26.7 cm (14 × 10 ½ in.)
Merrill C. Berman Collection (New York only)

5. Card Players, 1939
Oil on canvas; 76.2 × 91.4 cm (30 × 36 in.)
Saint Louis Art Museum, Gift of the Federal Works Agency, Works Projects Administration, 364:1943

6. Five Great American Negroes, 1939
Oil on canvas; 152.4 × 393.7 cm (60 × 155 in.)
Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

7. Kitchenette Debutantes, 1939
Watercolor on paper; 68.5 × 57 cm (27 × 22 7⁄16 in.)
Private collection

8. Preacher, 1940
Tempera on board; 77.5 × 54.6 cm (30 ½ × 21 ½ in.)
The Davidsons, Los Angeles, CA

9. Study for Struggle for Liberation (Chaotic Stage of the Negro, Past and Present), 1940
Tempera on illustration board; 41.3 × 98.1 cm (16 ¼ × 38 ⅝ in.)
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York

10. There Were No Crops This Year, 1940
Graphite on paper; 73 × 48.9 cm (28 ¾ × 19 ¼ in.)
Private collection

11. Untitled (Four Workers), 1940
Tempera on paperboard; 50.8 × 76.2 cm (20 × 30 in.)
Private collection

12. Spiritual, 1941
Oil on canvas; 91.4 × 76.2 cm (36 × 30 in.)
South Side Community Art Center, Chicago

13. Hear This, 1942
Oil on canvas; 56 × 76.8 cm (22 × 30 in.)
The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Foundation for the Arts

14. Native Son No. 2, 1942
Ink on paper; 121.9 × 91.4 cm (48 × 36 in.)
Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

15. This, My Brother, 1942
Oil on canvas; 61 × 91.4 cm (24 × 36 in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago, Pauline Palmer Prize Fund, 1999.224

16. Paul Robeson (Study for Contribution of the Negro to Democracy in America), 1942–43
Carbon pencil over charcoal, with additions and corrections in white gouache, and border in carbon pencil, on cream drawing board; 63.2 × 48.4 cm (24 ⅞ × 19 1⁄16 in.)
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, Museum purchase, Kathleen Compton Sherrerd Fund for Acquisitions in American Art, x1992–12 (Chicago and New York only)

17. Denmark Vesey (Study for Contribution of the Negro to Democracy in America), 1943
Charcoal and white gouache on illustration board; 53.3 × 49.5 cm (21 × 19 ½ in.)
On loan from the Carolina Art Association/Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC

18. Sojourner Truth and Booker T. Washington (Study for Contribution of the Negro to Democracy in America), 1943
Pencil on illustration board; 95.6 × 71 cm (37 ⅝ × 28 in.)
Collection of the Newark Museum, Purchase 1944 Sophronia Anderson Bequest Fund

19. Study for Contribution of the Negro to Democracy in America, 1943
Tempera on board; 45.1 × 67 cm (17 ¾ × 26 ⅜ in.)
Mr. and Mrs. Salz

20. Headlines, 1944
Ink, gouache, and newspaper on board; 50.8 × 40.6 cm (20 ×16 in.)
William M. and Elisabeth M. Landes

21. Soldier, 1944
Tempera on Masonite; 76.2 × 63.5 cm (30 × 25 in.)
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA, Gift of Sandra and Bram Dijkstra, 2013.23.1

22. Worker, 1944
Linocut on paper; 38.7 × 27.6 cm (15 ¼ × 10 ⅞ in.)
Estate of Norman Lewis, c/o Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York

23. Hope for the Future, 1945
Lithograph on paper; image: 33.5 × 27.2 cm (13 3⁄16 × 10 11⁄16 in.); sheet: 48 × 32.3 cm (18 ⅞ × 12 11⁄16 in.)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, John B. Turner Fund, 88.2013

24. Mother (Awaiting His Return), 1945
Lithograph on paper; image: 40.1 × 31.3 cm (15 13⁄16 × 12 13⁄16 in.); sheet: 48.2 × 39.8 cm (19 × 15 11⁄16 in.)
Private collection

25. War Worker, 1945
Tempera on board; 59.4 × 44.4 cm (23 ⅜ × 17 ½ in.)
Montclair Art Museum purchase; prior gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Warren F. Van Thunen, the Estate of Francis Herbert Peaty, Mrs. Siegfried Peierls and Acquisition Fund

26. Likely printed and published by Taller de Gráfica Popular (Mexican, founded 1937)
Black Sorrow (Dolor Negro), 1946
Lithograph on paper; image: 52.7 × 33.5 cm (20 ¾ × 13 3⁄16 in.); sheet: 61.8 × 50 cm (24 5⁄16 × 19 11⁄16 in.)
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Purchased with the James D. Crawford and Judith N. Dean Fund, 2003

27. Can a Negro Study Law in Texas, 1946
Charcoal and ink, with white heightening, on paper; 60.5 × 40.5 cm (24 × 16 in.)
John L. Warfield Center of African and African American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin

28. The Return of the Soldier (Dixie Comes to New York), 1946
Ink with additions on board; 50.2 × 37.2 cm (20 × 14 ½ in.)
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC (New York and Los Angeles only)

29. Two Alone, 1946
Oil on board; 64.8 × 48.3 cm (25 ½ × 19 in.)
Clark Atlanta University Art Collection

30. Frederick Douglass (The Ghost of Frederick Douglass II), c. 1948
Pen and ink over graphite, with touches of white gouache, on illustration board; 50.8 × 75.9 cm (20 × 29 ⅞ in.)
New Jersey State Museum, Purchase, FA1986.3.I (New York only)

31. Untitled (Bearded Man), c. 1949
Linocut in black on cream wove paper; image: 19.9 × 15.3 cm (7 13⁄16 × 6 in.); sheet: 30.5 × 23.8 cm (12 × 9 ⅜ in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of C. Ian White, 2017.332 (Chicago only)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, John B. Turner Fund, 89.2013 (New York and Los Angeles only)

32. Frederick Douglass Lives Again (The Ghost of Frederick Douglass), 1949
Pen and ink over pencil on illustration board; 49.53 × 74.3 (19 ½ × 29 ¼ in.)
Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Olga N. Sheldon Acquisition Trust, U-5509.2008

33. John Brown, 1949
Lithograph on paper; sheet, 47.9 × 40 cm (18 ⅞ × 15 ¾ in.)
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 1999.529.184 (Chicago and New York only)

34. Trenton Six, 1949
Ink over graphite underdrawing on paperboard; 55.7 × 75.9 cm (21 15⁄16 × 29 ⅞ in.)
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX (Chicago and New York only)

35. Bessie Smith, 1950
Tempera on panel; 61.8 × 50.8 cm (24 15⁄16 × 20 in.)
Private collection

36. Frederick Douglass, 1950
Lithograph on paper; image: 57.5 × 42.9 cm (22 ⅝ × 16 ⅞ in.); sheet: 66.4 × 50.5 cm (26 ⅛ × 19 ⅞ in.)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Sylvia and Frederick Reines

37. The Children, 1950
Ink and graphite on paper; 75.6 × 50.8 cm (29 ¾ × 20 in.)
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, Gift of Julie Seitzman and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment

38. Exodus I: Black Moses (Harriet Tubman), 1951
Linocut on paper; image: 51.8 × 60.6 cm (20 ⅜ × 23 ⅞ in.); sheet: 62.6 ×74.7 cm (24 ⅝ × 29 7⁄16 in.)
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Rose Weiss, 2009

39. Printed by Robert Blackburn (American, 1920–2003)
Gideon, 1951
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper; image: 33.8 × 26 cm (13 5⁄16 × 10 ¼ in.); sheet: 50.9 × 39 cm (20 1⁄16 × 15 ⅜ in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago, Margaret Fisher Fund, 2017.300 (Chicago only)
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC (New York and Los Angeles only)

40. Gospel Singers, 1951
Tempera on board; 50.8 × 61 cm (20 × 24 in.)
Private collection

41. Our Land, 1951
Tempera on panel; 61 × 50.8 cm (24 × 20 in.)
Private collection

42. Abraham Lincoln, 1952
Wolff crayon and charcoal on paperboard; 68.6 × 54.6 cm (27 × 21 ½ in.)
Private collection

43. Goodnight Irene, 1952
Oil on canvas; 119.4 × 61 cm (47 × 24 in.)
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, Purchase: acquired through a lead gift provided by Sarah and Landon Rowland through The Ever Glades Fund; major support provided by Lee Lyon, in memory of Joanne Lyon; Sprint; James and Elizabeth Tinsman; Neil D. Karbank, and The Sosland Family; Generous support provided by John and Joanne Bluford; The Stanley H. Durwood Foundation; Gregory M. Glore; Maurice Watson; Anne and Cliff Gall, Dr. Sere and Mrs. MaryJane Myers and Family; Gary and Debby Ballard; Dr. Loretta M. Britton; Catherine L. Futter, in memory of Mathew and Erna Fetter; Jean and Moulton Green, Jr., in honor of Rose Bryant; Dr. Willie and Ms. Sandra A J. Lawrence; Randall and Helen Ferguson; Dr. Valerie E. Chow and Judge Jon R. Gary (Ret.); Gwendolyn J. Cooke, Ph.D.; Dwayne and Frieda Crompton; Leodis and N. June Davis; Kimberly C. Young; Tom and Karenbeth Zacharias; Jim Baggett and Marguerite Ermeling; Rose Bryant; Tasha and Julián Zugazagoitia; Antonia Boström and Dean Baker; Sarah Beeks Higdon; Kathleen and Kevin Collison; Katelyn Crawford and John Kupstas; Kimberly Hinkle and Jason Menefee; Stephanie and Brett Knappe; Jan and Michael Schall; and Michele Valentine, in memory of Marcella Hillerman

44. Preacher, 1952
Pen and ink and graphite pencil on board; 54.3 × 74.6 cm (21 ⅜ × 29 ⅜ in.)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Purchase, 52.25 (Chicago and New York only)

45. Harvest Talk, 1953
Charcoal, Wolff crayon, and graphite, with stumping and erasing, on ivory wood-pulp laminate board; 66 × 99.2 cm (26 × 39 1⁄16 in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago, restricted gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Hartman, 1991.126

46. Work (Young Worker), 1953
Wolff crayon and charcoal on illustration board; 111.8 × 71.1 cm (44 × 28 in.)
Private collection

47. Ye Shall Inherit the Earth, 1953
Charcoal on paper; 99.1 × 66 cm (39 × 26 in.)
Anonymous loan

48. Young Farmer, 1953
Linocut on paper; image: 66 × 48.3 cm (26 × 19 in.); sheet: 73 × 50.4 cm (28 ¾ × 19 13⁄16 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Lee M. Friedman Fund and The Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection

49. Young Farmer, 1953
Linocut on paper laid on board; 76.8 × 57.2 cm (30 ¼ × 22 ½ in.)
Collection Harold Davis, M.D.

50. Bessie Smith, 1954
Linocut printed in green and black on cream Japanese paper; image: 30.5 × 22.8 cm (12 × 9 in.); sheet: 44.5 × 30.4 cm (17 ½ × 11 15⁄16 in.)
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of William S. Liberman, by exchange (Chicago and New York only)

51. Mahalia, 1955
Charcoal and Conté crayon on board; 126.6 × 106.7 cm (50 × 42 in.)
Collection Pamela and Harry Belafonte (New York only)

52. I’ve Been ’Buked and I’ve Been Scorned, 1956
Compressed and vine charcoal with carbon pencil and charcoal wash splatter over traces of graphite pencil on illustration board; 113.4 × 89.9 cm (44 ⅝ × 35 ⅜ in.)
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Susan G. and Edmund W. Gordon to the units of Black Studies and the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin (New York and Los Angeles only)

53. Oh, Mary, Don’t You Weep, 1956
Graphite and pen and ink on board; 99.7 × 102.9 cm (39 ¼ × 41 ½ in.)
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2015.22 (Chicago and New York only)

54. Folksinger (Voice of Jericho: Portrait of Harry Belafonte), 1957
Ink and colored ink with white additions on board; 131.8 × 86.5 cm (52 × 34 in.)
Collection Pamela and Harry Belafonte (New York only)

55. Eartha Kitt (from Anna Lucasta), 1958
Wolff crayon over traces of brown pencil on illustration board; 112.6 × 63 cm (44 5⁄16 × 24 13⁄16 in.)
Private collection

56. Rex Ingram, Fred O’Neal, and Georgia Burke (from Anna Lucasta), 1958
Wolff crayon on paper; 103.8 × 81.5 cm (40 ⅞ × 32 ⅛ in.)
The Davidsons, Los Angeles, CA

57. Sammy Davis Jr. (from Anna Lucasta), 1958
Charcoal on board; 137.2 × 81.3 cm (54 × 32 in.)
David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, University of Maryland, Gift from the Sandra and Lloyd Baccus Collection, 2012.13.209

58. Solid as a Rock (My God is Rock), 1958, printed 1959 (Chicago impression), 1958 (New York impression)
Linocut in black ink on cream laid Japanese paper; Chicago impression: 113 × 48.8 cm (44 ½ × 19 3⁄16 in.); New York impression: image: 97 × 38 cm (38 3⁄16 × 14 15⁄16 in.); sheet: 104.5 × 45.2 cm (41 ⅛ × 17 3⁄16 in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago, through prior bequest of Vera Berdich, the Stanley Field Fund, and restricted gift of Denise Gardner, 2017.105 (Chicago only)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, John B. Turner Fund with additional support from Linda Barth Goldstein and Stephen F. Dull, 112.2010 (New York and Los Angeles only)

59. Voice of Jericho (Folksinger), 1958
Linocut on paper; image: 91.7 × 45.8 cm (36 ⅛ × 18 1⁄16 in.); sheet: 100.3 × 54 cm (39 ½ × 21 ¼ in.)
The Baltimore Museum of Art: Friends of Art Fund; BMA 1999.84 (Chicago only)

60. Awaken from the Unknowing, 1961
Compressed and brown and gray vine charcoal with scratching out, blending, and erasing on cold-pressed illustration board; 78.7 × 142.2 cm (31 × 56 in.)
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Susan G. and Edmund W. Gordon to the units of Black Studies and the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin (Chicago and New York only)

61. Birmingham Totem, 1964
Ink and charcoal on paper; 181.5 × 101.8 cm (71 7⁄16 × 40 1⁄16 in.)
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Purchase with funds from Edith G. and Philip A. Rhodes and the National Endowment for the Arts, 1978.3

62. Micah, 1964
Linocut on paper; 134 × 62.2 cm (52 ¾ × 24 ½ in.)
Mott-Warsh Collection, Flint, MI

63. General Moses (Harriet Tubman), 1965
Ink on paper; 119.3 × 172.7 cm (47 × 68 in.)
Private collection

64. J’Accuse #1, 1965
Charcoal and Wolff crayon on illustration board; 132.1 × 88.9 cm (52 × 35 in.)
Private collection

65. J’Accuse #6, 1966
Charcoal on paper; 106.7 × 132.1 cm (42 × 52 in.)
Private collection

66. J’Accuse #7, 1966
Charcoal on paper; 99.7 × 130.8 cm (39 ¼ × 51 ½ in.)
Private collection

67. J’Accuse #10 (Negro Woman), 1966
Charcoal on paper; 71.1 × 71.1 cm (28 × 28 in.)
Courtesy Charles M. Young Fine Prints & Drawings, LLC, Portland, CT (Chicago only)

68. Ceramic sculpture, 1968
Ceramic, paint, and twigs; 36.8 × 31.8 × 31.8 cm (14 ½ × 12 ½ × 12 ½ in.)
Private collection (New York only)

69. Ceramic sculpture, 1968
Ceramic and paint; 40 × 24.8 × 10.2 cm (15 ¾ × 9 ¾ × 4 in.)
Private collection (New York only)

70. Nat Turner, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, 1968
Drybrush and ink on board; 129.5 × 198.1 cm (51 × 78 in.)
National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston, MA

71. Dream Deferred II, 1969
Oil wash, ink, and Wolff crayon on paper; 95.3 × 149.9 cm (37 ½ × 59 in.)
Collection of the Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME, The Lunder Collection, 2009.128

72. Elmina Castle, 1969
Ink on board; 163.8 × 82.5 cm (64 ½ × 32 ½ in.)
Private collection

73. Seed of Love, 1969
Ink on paper; 129.5 × 91.4 cm (51 × 36 in.)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum Acquisition Fund

74. Wanted Poster Series #6, 1969
Oil wash brushed and stenciled with masking out over traces of graphite pencil on commercial laminated board; 149.9 × 68.6 cm (59 × 27 in.)
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Susan G. and Edmund W. Gordon to the units of Black Studies and the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin (Chicago and New York only)

75. She Does Not Know Her Beauty, 1970
Oil on board; 101.6 × 71.1 cm (40 × 28 in.)
Mott-Warsh Collection, Flint, MI

76. Wanted Poster Series #10, 1970
Oil wash brushed and stenciled with masking out over traces of graphite pencil on commercial laminated board; 101.6 × 152.4 cm (40 × 60 in.)
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, gift of Susan G. and Edmund W. Gordon to the units of Black Studies and the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin (New York and Los Angeles only)

77. Printed by Larry Thomas
Published by Tamarind Lithography Workshop
Wanted Poster Series #11, 1970
Lithograph in brown on buff wove paper; image/sheet: 57.3 × 40.9 cm (22 9⁄16 × 16 ⅛ in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago, Margaret Fisher Fund, 2017.294 (Chicago only)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co., 370.1970a (New York only)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum Purchase with County Funds (Los Angeles only)

78. Printed by Larry Thomas
Published by Tamarind Lithography Workshop
Wanted Poster Series #11a, 1970
Lithograph in brown on buff wove paper; image/sheet: 57.3 × 40.8 cm (22 9⁄16 × 16 1⁄16 in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago, Margaret Fisher Fund, 2017.295 (Chicago only)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co., 370.1970b (New York only)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum Purchase with County Funds (Los Angeles only)

79. Printed by Eugene Sturman
Published by Tamarind Lithography Workshop
Wanted Poster Series #12, 1970
Lithograph in brown on white wove paper; image/sheet: 63.9 × 94.2 cm (25 3⁄16 × 37 1⁄16 in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago, Margaret Fisher Fund, 2017.296 (Chicago only)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co., 373.1970 (New York only)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum Purchase with County Funds (Los Angeles only)

80. Printed by William Law III
Published by Tamstone Group Love Letter I, 1971
Color lithograph on buff wove paper; image/sheet: 76.5 × 57 cm (30 ⅛ × 22 7⁄16 in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago, Margaret Fisher Fund, 2017.289 (Chicago only)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, John B. Turner Fund, 90.2013.1 (New York and Los Angeles only)

81. Wanted Poster Series #17, 1971
Oil and pencil on poster board; 152.4 × 76.2 cm (60 × 30 in.)
Collection of the Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. B. Morris Pelavin, 1971.43

82. Cat’s Cradle, 1972
Etching on paper; 60.3 × 66 cm (23 ¾ × 26 in.)
Private collection

83. Harriet, 1972
Oil on board; 135.4 ×120 cm (53 5⁄16 × 47 ¼ in.)
John L. Warfield Center of African and African American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin (New York and Los Angeles only)

84. Mississippi, 1972
Oil wash on board; 152 × 120 cm (59 13⁄16 × 47 ¼ in.)
Private collection

85. Printed by Joseph Mugnaini and Hugo Mugnaini
Missouri C, 1972
Etching in black on cream wove paper; image/plate: 50.1 × 91.2 cm (19 ¾ × 35 15⁄16 in.); sheet: 70.7 × 100.2 cm (27 ⅞ × 39 7⁄16 in).
The Art Institute of Chicago, Margaret Fisher Fund, 2017.303 (Chicago only)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Purchase, 235.1976 (New York and Los Angeles only)

86. Black Pope (Sandwich Board Man), 1973
Oil wash on board; 152.4 × 111.4 cm (60 × 43 ⅞ in.)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Richard S. Zeisler Bequest (by exchange), The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art, Committee on Drawings Fund, Dian Woodner, and Agnes Gund, 36.2013

87. Banner for Willy J., 1976
Oil on canvas; 147.3 × 127 cm (58 × 50 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wyatt, Sr.

88. Printed and published by Edward Hamilton
Love Letter II, 1977
Color lithograph on cream wove paper; image: 59.2 × 40.5 cm (23 5⁄16 × 15 15⁄16 in.); sheet: 76.5 × 57 cm (30 ⅛ × 22 7⁄16 in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago, Margaret Fisher Fund, 2017.290

89. Printed and published by Edward Hamilton
Love Letter III, 1977
Color lithograph on cream wove paper; image/sheet: 76.3 × 57.4 cm (30 1⁄16 × 22 ⅝ in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago, Margaret Fisher Fund, 2017.291

90. Printed by David Panosh
Published by Hand Graphics, Ltd. Sound of Silence, 1978
Color lithograph on white wove paper; image/sheet: 63.8 × 89.7 cm (25 ⅛ × 35 5⁄16 in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago, Margaret Fisher Fund, 2017.314

Photographs

Photographs are courtesy of a private collection.

91. Ethelene Gary Marsh, 1950
Black-and-white photograph; 8.4 × 11.4 cm (3 5⁄16 × 4 ½ in.)

92. Frances Barrett White, 1950
Black-and-white photograph; 12.1 × 8.6 cm (4 ¾ × 3 ⅜ in.)

93. Jacob Lawrence, 1950
Black-and-white photograph; 8.6 × 11.4 cm (3 ⅜ × 4 ½ in.)

94. Boy playing on street, 1950s
Black-and-white photograph; 7.8 × 10.8 cm (3 1⁄16 × 4 ¼ in.)

95. Boys on the street with photographer behind, 1950s
Black-and-white photograph; 8.3 × 11.8 cm (3 ¼ × 4 ⅝ in.)

96. Drawing class, 1950s
Black-and-white photograph; 8.6 × 11.3 cm (3 ⅜ × 4 7⁄16 in.)

97. March in New York, 1950s
Black-and-white photograph; 8.3 × 12.1 cm (3 ¼ × 4 ¾ in.)

98. March in New York, 1950s
Black-and-white photograph; 8.3 × 12.1 cm (3 ¼ × 4 ¾ in.)

99. March to outlaw anti-Semitism, 1950s
Black-and-white photograph; 8.6 × 11.4 cm (3 ⅜ × 4 ½ in.)

100. Margaret Burroughs, 1950s
Black-and-white photograph; 8.6 × 12.1 cm (3 ⅜ × 4 ¾ in.)

101. Miriam Makeba, 1950s
Black-and-white photograph; 11.4 × 16.5 cm (4 ½ × 6 ½ in.)

102. Musician in Washington Square Park, 1950s
Black-and-white photograph; 8.3 × 11.8 cm (3 ¼ × 4 ⅝ in.)

103. Newsstand and pedestrians, 1950s
Black-and-white photograph; 7.8 × 10.8 cm (3 1⁄16 × 4 ¼ in.)

104. Protest onlookers, 1950s
Black-and-white photograph; 8.3 × 11.4 cm (3 ¼ × 4 ½ in.)

105. Roy DeCarava, 1950s
Black-and-white photograph; 8.3 × 11.8 cm (3 ¼ × 4 ⅝ in.)

106. Street artist, 1950s
Black-and-white photograph; 7.8 × 10.8 cm (3 1⁄16 × 4 ¼ in.)

107. Woman reading Jet magazine, 1950s
Black-and-white photograph; 7.8 × 10.8 cm (3 1⁄16 × 4 ¼ in.)

108. Harry Belafonte and Mr. and Mrs. David Stone Martin, 1957
Black-and-white photograph; 8.3 × 11.4 cm (3 ¼ × 4 ½ in.)

Reproductions

109. Charles White: Six Drawings, 1953 Portfolio of six offset lithographs New York: Masses and Mainstream The Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries, Special Collections

110. Jimmy Rushing Sings the Blues, Vanguard Records, 1955
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (New York only)

111. Contemporary American Masterpieces: Gould: Spirituals for Orchestra; Copland: Dance Symphony, RCA Records, 1965
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (New York only)

112. Ebony magazine
Special issue: The Negro Woman (August 1966)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York

113. Calendar, 1969
Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company, Los Angeles
Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company Records, UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

114. Lerone Bennett Jr.
The Shaping of Black America (Chicago: Johnson Publishing, 1975)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (New York only)

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