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Description: The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume V: The Twentieth Century, Part 2: The...

The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume V: The Twentieth Century, Part 2: The Rise of Black Artists

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David Bindman (Editor), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Editor)

PublisherHarvard University Press

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00146.012

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Illustrations

P.1 Anonymous. Portrait of Malik Ambar. Southern India (Dekkan, Amednagara), 1610–1620. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. 36.7 × 23.9 cm. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection, 17.3103. © 2010 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

1 Aaron Douglas. Aspects of Negro Life: The Negro in an African Setting. 1934. Oil on canvas. New York, New York Public Library, Schomburg Center. Aaron Douglas/© Art and Artifacts Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library. © Heirs of Aaron Douglas/VAGA, NY/DACS, London 2013.

2 Aaron Douglas. Aspects of Negro Life: An Idyll of the Deep South. 1934. Oil on canvas. New York, New York Public Library, Schomburg Center. Aaron Douglas/© Art and Artifacts Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library. © Heirs of Aaron Douglas/VAGA, NY/DACS, London 2013.

3 Aaron Douglas. Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery Through Reconstruction. 1934. Oil on canvas. New York, New York Public Library, Schomburg Center. Aaron Douglas/© Art and Artifacts Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library. © Heirs of Aaron Douglas/VAGA, NY/DACS, London 2013.

4 Aaron Douglas. Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers. 1934. Oil on canvas. New York, New York Public Library, Schomburg Center. Aaron Douglas/© Art and Artifacts Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library. © Heirs of Aaron Douglas/VAGA, NY/DACS, London 2013.

5 Glyn Philpot. Portrait of Henry Thomas. 1930s. Oil on canvas. London, Daniel Katz Collection.

6 Glyn Philpot. Naked Figure from Behind. 1930s. London, private collection.

7 Bill Traylor. Symbols. From Bill Traylor—Peoples Artist. New South Exhibition, Montgomery, Ala. Jean and George Lewis photographers. Courtesy of Robert Cargo Folk Art Gallery.

8 George Grosz. Ku Klux Klan. 1920. Ink on paper. 25 1/2 × 20 in. (64.8 × 52.1 cm). Signed on lower recto (GROS 45). Collection of Gian Enzo Sperone, New York. © Estate of George Grosz, Princeton, N.J./DACS, 2014.

9 Isamu Noguchi. Death (Lynched Figure). 1934. Monel, steel, wood, rope. 88 3/4 x 31 7/8 in (225.4 × 81 × 65.2 cm). New York, The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum. Photo by Sara Wells, © The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York. © The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum/ARS, New York and DACS, London 2014.

10 Ernest Crichlow. Lovers. 1938. Lithograph on white wove paper. Sheet 56.5 × 38.6 cm. New York, Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn Museum, gift of Reba and Dave Williams.

11 Daniel Chester French. The Four Continents, Africa. 1907. Marble. New York, Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House. Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division LC-DIG-highsm-02715.

12 Henry Ossawa Tanner. The Banjo Lesson. 1893. Oil on canvas. 49 × 35 1/2 in. (124.46 × 90.17 cm). Hampton, Va., Hampton University Museum. Collection of the Hampton University Museum.

13 Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The Warrick Tableaux—Commencement Day (lost). 1907. Mixed media. Reproduced in Giles B. Jackson and D. Webster Davis, The Industrial History of the Negro Race of the United States (Richmond: Virginia Press, 1908). California Digital Library. Permission of John L. Fuller.

14 Albert Alexander Smith. Untitled (Six Negro Leaders). 1925. Etching. Dimensions and location unknown. Reproduced as cover for Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races. August 1925. The Crisis Publishing Co., Inc., and the publisher of the magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People, for the use of the image first published in the August 1925 issue of The Crisis.

15 Charles C. Dawson. Quadroon Madonna. 1928. (Photo number 200-HN-DAW-l). Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

16 Laura Wheeler Waring. Mother and Daughter. Ca. 1931. Photo Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. Madeline Murphy Rabb.

17 Sargent Claude Johnson. Chester. 1931. Terracotta. 8 1/2X5 1/2 × 7 in. (21.59 × 13.97 × 17.78 cm). San Francisco, Calif., San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Albert M. Bender Collection, Bequest of Albert M. Bender, 41.2978. © Estate of Sargent Johnson; photo: Ben Blackwell 41.2978.

18 Unknown photographer. “WPA: FAP: Kids involved in painting and sculpture based upon spirituals.” Jacksonville, Fla., Extension Art Gallery, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library.

19 Earle Wilton Richardson. Employment of the Negro in Agriculture. 1934. Oil on Canvas. 48 × 32 1/8 in. (121.8 × 81.6 cm). Washington, D.C., Smithsonian American Art Musenm. © 2012. Photo Smithsonian American Art Museum/Art Resource.

20 Eitaro Ishigaki. Emancipation of the Negro Slaves panel from The Civil War mural. Circa 1937. Unidentified photographer. Harlem Courthouse, New York. Washington, D.C., Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

21 Hideo Noda. Scottsboro Boys. 1933. Watercolor and gouache. 10 5/8 × 16 1/8 in. Japan, Shinano Dessin Museum. Kumamoto Prefectural Museum, Kumamoto, Japan.

22 Lucienne Bloch. Cycle of a Woman’s Life, Childhood panel. 1936. Fresco mural destroyed when building was demolished. 15 × 25 ft. circa. New York City, House of Detention for Women. Photograph by Nickolas Muray, 1936. Courtesy Old Stage Studios www.LucienneBloch.com.

23 William McKnight Farrow. Paul Laurence Dunbar. 1934. Oil on canvas. Stretcher: 70.5 × 59.7 × 3.8 cm (27 3/4 × 23 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.). Frame: 91.4 × 80 × 5.1 cm (36 × 31 1/2 × 2 in.). Washington, D.C., Smithsonian American Art Museum. © 2012. Photo Smithsonian American Art Museum/Art Resource/Scala, Florence. Bill Farrow.

24 Archibald J. Motley, Jr. Self-Portrait (Myself at Work). 1933. Oil on canvas. 57 1/8 × 45 1/4 in. (145 × 114.9 cm). Collection of Valerie Gerrard Browne and Mara Motley, M.D., courtesy Chicago History Museum.

26 Malvin Gray Johnson. Negro Masks. 1932. Oil on canvas. 20 × 18 in. Hampton, Va., Hampton University Museum. Collection of the Hampton University Museum, Hampton, Va.

27 Dox Thrash. Chariot. Ca. 1938–1939. Etching and Carborundum mezzotint. 8 7/8 × 7 in. (22.5 × 17.8 cm). Saint Lonis, Mo., Saint Louis Art Museum. Gift of the Federal Works Agency, Works Project Administration. 334:1943. Allocated by the U.S. Government. Commissioned through the New Deal art projects.

28 Hideo Date. In Search of His Dream. Ca. 1936. Watercolor and gouache on paper. 19 x 15 1/2 in. Los Angeles, Japanese American National Museum. Gift of Hideo Date. 99.111.93.

29 Horace Pippin. Self-Portrait. 1941. Oil on canvasboard. 14 x 11 in. (35.56 × 27.94 cm). Buffalo, N.Y., Albright-Knox Gallery. Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1942. © 2013. Albright Knox Art Gallery/Art Resource, NY/Scala, Florence.

30 Untitled, 1937. Photograph by Louise Dahl-Wolfe. Posthumous digital reproduction from original negative. Collection Center for Creative Photography. © 1989 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents.

31 Untitled, 1941. Photograph by Edward Weston. Posthumous digital reproduction from original negative. Edward Weston Archive, Center for Creative Photography. © 1981 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents.

32 William Henry Johnson. The Breakdown. Ca. 1940–1941. Oil on plywood. 33 7/8 × 37 in. (86.0 × 93.9 cm). Washington, D.C., Smithsonian American Art Museum. Gift of the Harmon Foundation. © 2012. Photo Smithsonian American Art Museum/Art Resource/Scala, Florence.

33 Jacob Lawrence. War Series: Going Home. 1947. Tempera on composition board. 16 1/8 × 20 3/16 in. (41 × 51.3 cm). New York, Whitney Museum of American Art. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roy R. Neuberger 51.17a-b. Digital image © Whitney Museum of American Art. © ARS, NY and DACS, London 2013.

34 Thelma Johnson Streat. Rabbit Man. 1941. Gouache on board. 6 5/8 × 4 7/8 in. (16.5 × 12 cm). New York, Museum of Modern Art (MoMa). Digital image, The Museum of Modern Art/Scala, Florence.

35 Harlan Jackson. Untitled. 1946. Oil on canvas. 20 × 15 in. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Grillo. Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba House.

36 Frontispiece from The Negro Artist Comes of Age: A National Survey of Contemporary American Artists (Albany, N.Y.: Albany Institute of History and Art, 1945). Albany Institute of History & Art Library, SpC759.137 AIHA.NEG.1945.C1_671.

37 James VanDerZee. Couple (Couple in raccoon coats). 1932. Photographic print. Washington, D.C., Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, photograph by James VanDerZee, [reproduction number LC-USZ62–83361] © Donna Mussenden VanDerZee.

38 Doris Ulmann. Standing Conjure Woman. Circa 1932. Toned print Doris Ulmann Photograph Collection, PH038, album 55, image 6790. Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.

39 Attributed to Thomas E. Askew. Untitled (African American girl, half-length portrait, with right hand to cheek, with illustrated book on table). Ca. 1900. Gelatin silver print. Washington, D.C., Library of Congress (Lot 11930, no. 210/LC-USZ62–63574).

40 Robert Henri. Portrait of Willie Gee. 1904. Oil on canvas. 31 1/4 × 26 1/4 in. Newark, N.J., The Newark Museum. Collection of The Newark Museum, 25.111. © 2012. Photo The Newark Museum/Art Resource.

42 Leonard Crunelle (sculptor) and John A. Nyden (architect). Victory Monument. 1927–1936. Granite and bronze. Chicago, 111. Alamy/B. Leighty/Photri Images.

43 Winold Reiss. Portrait of Langston Hughes. Ca. 1925. Pastel on artist board. 76.3 x 54.9 cm. Gift of W. Tjark Reiss in memory of his father Winold Reiss. Washington, D.C., National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. © 2012. Photo Nat. Portrait Gall. Smithsonian.

44 Archibald J. Motley, Jr. The Octoroon Girl. 1925. Oil on canvas. 38 × 30 1/4 in. Signed and dated. Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, N.Y. Courtesy Chicago History Museum.

45 Reginald Marsh. High Yaller. 1934. Oil on canvas. 23 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. Collection of Camille O. and William H. Cosby, Jr. Frank Stewart © ARS, NY and DACS, London 2014.

46 Johan Hagemeyer. Maudelle Bass Weston. 1940. Gelatin silver print. 9 1/2X7 1/2 in. Berkeley, Calif., Johan Hagemeyer Photograph Collection, The Bancroft Library, University of California. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley/John Hagemeyer.

47 Carl Van Vechten. Lieutenant Henry Benjamin Scott, United States Army Air Corps. 1945. Gelatin silver print. New Haven, Conn., James Weldon Johnson Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Carl Van Vechten Trust.

48 John N. Robinson. Self-Portrait as a Young Man with a Mirror. Ca. 1940. Oil on canvas. 22 1/8 × 20 1/8 in. Courtesy of Robert L. Johnson from the Barnett Aden Collection, Washington, D.C. Estate of John Robinson.

49 Harry Willson Watrous. The Drop Sinister—What Shall We Do With It? Ca. 1913. Oil on panel. 37 × 50 1/4 in. Portland, Maine, Portland Museum of Art. Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Gift of the artist 1919.18.

50 Laura Wheeler Waring. Girl in a Red Dress. Ca. 1935. Oil on board. 18 × 14 in. Signed. Private collection. Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, N.Y. Madeline Murphy Rabb.

51 Pavel Tchelitchew. Deposition (Feral Benga). 1938. Oil on canvas. 24 1/2 × 45 3/4 in. Photo courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, New York.

52 Eldzier Cortor. The Wall. 1948. Oil on canvas mounted to masonite. 28 1/2 × 20 in. Signed and dated. New York. Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, N.Y. © Eldzier Cortor.

53 John Woodrow Wilson. Black Soldier. 1943. Oil on masonite. 26 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. Atlanta, Ga., Clark Atlanta University Art. John Hope Purchase Award, Oil, 1943.001. Courtesy of Clark Atlanta University Art Collection, Atlanta, Ga. © DACS 2014.

54 George Bellows. Tin Can Battle, San Juan Hill, New York. 1907. Crayon, ink, and charcoal on paper. 20 x 23 3/4 in. Lincoln, Neb., Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska—Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska—Lincoln, UNL—Anna R. and Frank M. Hall Charitable Trust.

55 Winold Reiss. Harlem at Night. Ca. 1924. Ink on paper. 19 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. Private collection. Reiss Archives/Michael Fredericks.

56 Charles Henri Ford. Portrait of James VanDerZee. 1938. Gelatin silver print. Photo courtesy of Indra Tamang.

57 Edward Burra. Harlem. 1934. Brush, ink, and gouache on paper. 31 1/4 × 22 1/2 in. London, Tate Gallery. © Tate, London 2013.

58 Palmer Hayden. Midsummer Night in Harlem. 1938. Oil on canvas. Los Angeles, Museum of African American Art. Courtesy the Estate of Miriam Hayden.

59 Richmond Barthé. Green Pastures: Walls of Jericho. 1937–1938. Relief marble panels. Brooklyn, N.Y., Kingsborough Houses. Photo courtesy of NYC Housing Authority, Collection of the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives.

61 Aaron Siskind. Untitled. Ca. 1940–1941. Negative, gelatin on safety base sheet film. 12 × 9 cm. Rochester, N.Y., George Eastman House. Courtesy of George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film. Image courtesy the Aaron Siskind Foundation.

62 Jacob Lawrence. Harlem Series No. 20: In the Evening Evangelists Preach and Sing on Street Corners. 1943. Gouache on board. 25 × 17 in. Purchase, N.Y., Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York. Collection Neuberger Museum of Art Purchase College, State University of New York. Gift of Roy R. Neuberger. Photo credit: Jim Frank. © ARS, NY and DACS, London 2014.

64 Stuart Davis. Negro Dance Hall. 1915. Crayon, ink, and pencil on paper. 21 3/8 × 16 3/4 in. Signed upper center “STUART DAVIS.” New York, Hollis Taggart Galleries. © Estate of Stuart Davis/DACS, London/VAGA, New York 2014.

65 Charles Demuth. Negro Girl Dancer. 1916. Watercolor and pencil on paper. 33 × 19.7 cm. Private collection/Photo © Christies Images/The Bridgeman Art Library.

66 Aaron Douglas. Rise Shine for Thy Light Has Come. Ca. 1927. Opaque watercolor and black ink on paperboard. 11 3/4 × 8 1/4 in. Washington, D.C., Howard University Gallery of Art. Gallery of Art, Howard University. © Heirs of Aaron Douglas/VAGA, NY/DACS, London 2014.

67 Miguel Covarrubias. Rhapsody in Blue. Ca. 1925. Oil on canvas. 64.2 × 78.7 cm. Mexico City, private collection. Private collection/Photo © Christies Images. Copyright: Maria Elena Rico Covarrubias.

68 Archibald J. Motley, Jr. Blues. 1929. Oil on canvas. 36 × 42 in. Collection of Valerie Gerrard Browne and Mara Motley, M.D. Photo courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.

69 Albert Alexander Smith. Cabaret. 1932. Oil on canvas. 24 × 19 in. Collection of Charles and Nancy Parrish. Papillon Gallery/Andrew Herrera II.

70 Augusta Savage. Postcard of Lift Every Voice and Sing. 1939. Postcard from Carl Van Vechten to Grace Nail Johnson. Call number JWJ MSS 49. Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. New Haven, Conn., Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

71 William H. Johnson. Jitterbugs (V). Ca. 1941–1942. Oil on wood. 36 1/2 × 28 3/4 in. Hampton, Va., Hampton University Museum. Collection of the Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA.

72 Romare Bearden. The Blues Has Got Me. 1944. Watercolor on paper. 19 1/2 × 26 1/2 in. Savannah, Ga., Savannah College of Art and Design Museum, Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art. SCAD Museum of Art Permanent Collection Gift of Dr. Walter O. Evans and Mrs. Linda J. Evans. © Romare Bearden Foundation/DACS, London/VAGA, New York 2014.

73 Beauford Delaney. Jazz Quartet. 1946. Oil on canvas. 28 × 36 in. Signed and dated. Private collection. Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, N.Y.

74 Thomas Askew. Four African American women seated on steps of building at Atlanta University, Georgia. Ca. 1899. Gelatin silver print. Washington, D.C., Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-08778.

75 Frances Benjamin Johnston. Hampton students, training in woodworking, building a stairway in a house in Hampton, Virginia. Ca. 1899. Platinum print. Washington, D.C., Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62–38595.

76 C. M. Battey. Portrait of Pal. From National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, The Crisis, April 1921, cover © The British Library Board, P.523/130. The Crisis Publishing Co., Inc., and the publisher of the magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, for the use of the image first published in the April 1921 issue of The Crisis.

77 Arthur P. Bedou. Booker T. Washington. Ca. 1910. Gelatin silver print. 18.6 × 23.8 cm (7 5/16 × 9 3/8 in.). Getty Images/Fotosearch/Stringer.

78 Addison N. Scurlock. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois. Ca. 1911. Gelatin silver print. 41.8 × 34.1 cm (16 7/16 × 13 7/16 in.). Washington, D.C., National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Photo Nat. Portrait Gall. Smithsonian/Art Resource/Scala, Florence.

79 James VanDerZee. Marcus Garvey. 1924. Black and white photograph. Private collection/Peter Newark American Pictures/The Bridgeman Art Library. © Donna Mussenden VanDerZee.

80 James Latimer Allen. Brown Madonna. Ca. 1930s. Later reproduced on the cover of the December 1941 issue of Opportunity magazine. Gelatin silver print. New York, New York Public Library, Schomburg Center, Photographs and Prints Division.

81 Nickolas Muray. Paul Robeson. 1925. Photographic print mounted on card. 24.5 × 37.5 cm. New Haven, Conn., Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Nickolas Muray Photo Archives.

82 Prentice Herman Polk. The Boss. 1932. Silver gelatin print. Newark, Del., University of Delaware, University Museums. Courtesy, University of Delaware, University Museums: Gift of Donald Polk and Polk Family. © P. H. Polk Estate.

83 Betye Saar. The Liberation of Aunt Jemima. 1972. Mixed media assemblage. 11 /3/4 × 8 × 2 3/4 in. Signed. Berkeley, Calif., The University of California Berkeley Art Museum. © Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York, N.Y. Photograph by Joshua Nefsky. Collection of University of California, Berkeley Art Museum; purchased with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts (selected by The Committee for the Acquisition of Afro-American Art).

85 Carl Van Vechten. Zora Neale Hurston. 1935. New Haven, Conn., Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Beinecke Library, Yale Collection of American Literature. Carl Van Vechten Trust/WGBH Stock Sales.

86 Gordon Parks. Washington, D.C. Government Chairwoman. 1942. Film negative. 4 × 5 in. Washington, D.C., Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division LC-DIG-fsa-8b 14845.

87 Bruce Davidson. Fannie Lou Hamer Civil Right Campaigner Visits a Southern Family. 1970. Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos.

88 Bruce Davidson. USA. Birmingham, Alabama. 1963. Arrest of a Demonstrator. 1963. Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos.

89 Leonard Freed. USA. Baltimore, MD. October 31, 1964. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. being greeted on his return to the US after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. 1964. Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos.

90 Moneta Sleet, Jr. Coretta Scott King. 1968. Press Association Images/Associated Press/Moneta J. Sleet, Jr.

91 Gordon Parks. Malcolm X at Rally, Chicago, Illinois. 1963. Courtesy of and copyright The Gordon Parks Foundation.

92 Donald L. Robinson. Muhammad Ali Taunting Sonny Liston. 1964. © Bettmann/CORBIS.

94 Emory Douglas. Freedom. Black Panther. 8 August 1970. Los Angeles, collection of Alden and Mary Kimbrough. © Emory Douglas/DACS 2014.

95 Jeff Donaldson. Wives of Shango #1.1971. Mixed media on acid-free corrugated board. Jeff Donaldson Estate. From the collection of Jameela K. Donaldson.

96 Barbara Jones-Hogu. Relate to Your Heritage. 1970. Screen print on paper. 71 × 94 cm. Chicago, 111., Lusenhop Fine Art. Courtesy of David Lusenhop. Azzi-Lusenhop Black Arts Movement Collection. Barbara Jones-Hogu.

97 Wadsworth Jarrell. Revolutionary. 1971. Acrylic on canvas with mixed-media collage. 165 x 129.5 cm. Chicago, 111., Lusenhop Fine Art. Courtesy of David Lusenhop. Azzi-Lusenhop Black Arts Movement Collection. Wadsworth Jarrell.

98 Wadsworth Jarrell. The Black Prince. 1971. Acrylic on canvas. 162.5 × 112 cm. Wadsworth Jarrell.

99 Poster of Angela Davis. 1965–1980. Washington, D.C., Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

100 Elizabeth Catlett. Black Unity. 1968. Mahogany wood. 20 1/4 × 22 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. Collection of Alonzo Davis. Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee. Alonzo Davis.

101 David Hammons. Injustice Case. 1970. Print, body print (margarine and powdered pigments) and American flag. 160 × 103 cm. Los Angeles, Calif., Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Museum Acquisition Fund M.71.7. © 2013. Digital Image Museum Associates/LACMA/Art Resource NY/Scala, Florence.

102 Romare Bearden. Mysteries. 1964. Collage with hand-applied color. 28.6 × 36.2 cm (11 1/4 × 14 1/4 in.). Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Ellen Kelleran Gardner Fund, 1971.63. Photograph © 2014 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. © Romare Bearden Foundation/DACS, London/VAGA, New York 2014.

103 Elizabeth Catlett. Harriet. 1975. Linoleum cut. 31.6 × 25.7 cm (12 7/16 × 10 1/8 in.). New York, Museum of Modern Art. Ralph E. Shikes Fund, 545.1994. Ralph E. Shikes Fund. Acc. n.: 545.1994. © 2013. Digital image, The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence. © Catlett Mora Family Trust/VAGA, NY/DACS, London 2013.

104 Romare Bearden. Captivity and Resistance. 1976. Tapestry. Philadelphia, Pa., from the collection of the African American Museum in Philadelphia. Will Brown/Courtesy of the Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC. © Romare Bearden Foundation/DACS, London/VAGA, New York 2014.

105 Andy Warhol. Mammy, from the Myths portfolio. 1981. Screen-print. 38 × 38 in. Courtesy Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York/www.feldmangallery.com. © 2014 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York and DACS, London.

106 Joe Overstreet. The New Jemima. 1964. Acrylic on fabric over plywood construction. 102 3/8 × 60 3/4 × 17 1/4 in. (260 × 154.3 × 43.8 cm). Houston, The Menil Collection. The Menil Collection, Houston. Photo: Paul Hester. © Joe Overstreet.

107 Charles White. Homage to Langston Hughes. 1971. Oil on canvas. 48 × 48 in. Collection of Camille O. and William H. Cosby, Jr.

108 Robert Colescott. George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware: Page from an American History Textbook. 1975. Acrylic on canvas.84 × 108 in. New York, Kravets Wehby Gallery. Jandava Cattron/Colescott.

109 Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze. Washington Crossing the Delaware River, 25th December 1776. 1851. Copy of an original painted in 1848. Oil on canvas. 378.5 × 647.7 cm. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA/The Bridgeman Art Library.

110 Bob Thompson. Homage to Nina Simone. 1965. Oil on canvas. 121.92 × 183.2 cm. Minneapolis, Minn., Minneapolis Institute of the Arts. Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minn., USA/The John R. Van Derlip Fund/The Bridgeman Art Library © Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, N.Y.

111 Bob Thompson. Detail of Homage to Nina Simone (fig. 110). Minneapolis, Minn., Minneapolis Institute of the Arts. Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minn., USA/The John R. Van Derlip Fund/The Bridgeman Art Library © Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, N.Y.

112 Beauford Delaney. Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald. 1968. Oil on canvas. 24 × 19 3/4 in. Savannah, Ga., Savannah College of Art and Design. SCAD Museum of Art Permanent Collection Gift of Dr. Walter O. Evans and Mrs. Linda J. Evans.

113 Barkley L. Hendricks. Lawdy Mama. 1969. Oil and gold leaf on canvas. 135.5 × 92 cm. New York, Studio Museum of Harlem. Studio Museum in Harlem; Gift of Stuart Liebman, in memory of Joseph B. Liebman. 83.29. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

114 Barkley L. Hendricks. New Orleans Niggah. 1973. Oil and acrylic on cotton canvas. 72 × 52 in. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

115 Raymond Saunders. Jack Johnson. 1971. Oil on canvas. 209 × 161.2 cm (82 3/8 × 63 5/8 in). Philadelphia, Pa., Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Pennsylvania Academy Women’s Committee and an anonymous donor. 1974.9.1.

116 Camille Billops. I am Black, I am Black, I am Dangerously Black. 1974. Etching. 30 × 44 cm. New Haven, Conn., general collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Camille Billops, Artist.

117 Adrian Piper. The Mythic Being: I Embody. 1975. Oil crayon drawing on black-and-white photograph. 8 × 10 in (20.32 x 25.40 cm). New York, collection of Thomas Erben. Collection Thomas Erben, New York. © APRA Foundation Berlin.

118 Frank Bowling. Night Journey. Acrylic on canvas. 212.7 × 183.2 cm (83 3/4 × 72 1/8 in). New York, gift of Maddy and Larry Mohr, 2011 (2011.590.2), Metropolitan Museum of Art. © 2014. Image copyright The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource/Scala, Florence. © Frank Bowling. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2014.

119 David C. Driskell. Self Portrait as Beni (“I Dream Again of Benin”). July 13, 1974. 1974. Egg tempera, gouache, and collage on paper. 17 × 13 in. Image courtesy of the artist and DC Moore Gallery, New York.

120 Mother Pendant Mask: Iyoba. Nigeria, Edo, Court of Benin. 16th century. Ivory, iron, copper (?). 23.8 × 12.7 × 8.3 cm. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1972. 1978.412.323. © 2013. The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource/Scala, Florence.

121 Howardena Pindell. Autobiography: Water/Ancestors/Middle Passage/Family Ghosts. 1988. Hartford, Conn., Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. © 2013. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art/Art Resource, NY/Scala, Florence. Howardena Pindell.

122 Renée Stout. Fetish #2. 1988. Mixed media (plaster body cast). H: 162.56 cm (64 in.). Dallas, Tex., Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas Museum of Art, Metropolitan Life Foundation Purchase Grant. 1989.27. Renee Stout.

123 Margo Humphrey. The History of Her Life Written Across Her Face. 1991. Color lithograph with metallic leaf and chine colle on paper. 32 × 29 1/2 in. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian American art Museum. Gift of Norgel and Mary Perry Smith. Inv. 1991.13. Photo Smithsonian American Art Museum/Art Resource/Scala, Florence.

124 Jean-Michel Basquiat. Self-Portrait as a Heel, part two. 1982. 243.8 × 156 cm. Private collection. Photo © Christie’s Images/The Bridgeman Art Library © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2014.

125 Norman Lewis. Untitled (The Potato Eaters). 1942–1943. Oil on canvas. 30 × 36 in. Signed lower right: Norman Lewis—45. Collection of Raymond J. McGuire. Image courtesy of Bill Hodges Gallery. The Estate of Norman Lewis, courtesy of Iandor Fine Arts, New Jersey.

126 Norman Lewis. Untitled (Seated Man). 1932. New York, private collection. From the collection of Raymond J. McGuire. The Estate of Norman Lewis, courtesy of Iandor Fine Arts, New Jersey.

127 Norman Lewis. Jazz. Ca. 1938. Litograph in black on wove paper. 36.5 × 28.5 cm. Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, 2008.115.193. Reba and Dave Williams Collection/Art Purchase Fund 2008.115.193. The Estate of Norman Lewis, courtesy of Iandor Fine Arts, New Jersey.

128 Norman Lewis. Harlem Jazz Jamboree. 1943. Oil on canvas. 18X16 in. (45.7 × 40.6 cm). Boston, Museum of Fine Arts. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Charles H. Bayley Picture and Painting Fund 2007.5. Photograph © 2014 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Estate of Norman Lewis, Courtesy of Iandor Fine Arts, New Jersey

129 Norman Lewis. Title Unknown. 1944. Oil on burlap. 30 × 26 in. (76 × 66 cm). New York, collection of Billy E. Hodges. Image courtesy of Bill Hodges Gallery. The Estate of Norman Lewis, courtesy of Iandor Fine Arts, New Jersey.

130 Norman Lewis. Street Musicians. 1945. Oil on canvas. 25 3/4 × 19 3/4 in. Signed and dated. Private collection. Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, N.Y. The Estate of Norman Lewis, courtesy of Iandor Fine Arts, New Jersey.

131 Norman Lewis. Untitled. 1946. New York, Bill Hodges Gallery. The Estate of Norman Lewis, courtesy of Iandor Fine Arts, New Jersey.

132 Norman Lewis. Jazz Musicians. 1948. San Antonio, collection of Dr. Harmon and Harriet Kelley. Photo courtesy Dr. Harmon and Mrs. Harmon Kelley. The Estate of Norman Lewis, courtesy of Iandor Fine Arts, New Jersey.

133 Norman Lewis. Street Music. 1950. Oil on canvas. 25 7/8 x 24 in. Signed and dated. Buffalo, N.Y., Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Collection of Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y. Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, N.Y. The Estate of Norman Lewis, courtesy of Iandor Fine Arts, New Jersey.

134 Norman Lewis. Untitled (Alabama). 1967. Oil on canvas. 114.9 × 186.7 cm (45 1/4 × 73 1/2 in.). Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art. 2009.45.1. Gift of the Collectors Committee. The Estate of Norman Lewis, courtesy of Iandor Fine Arts, New Jersey.

135 Norman Lewis. Pink Boogie. 1975. Oil on canvas. 54 × 78 in. Signed. Private collection. Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, N.Y. The Estate of Norman Lewis, courtesy of Iandor Fine Arts, New Jersey.

136 William T. Williams. Trane. 1969. Acrylic on canvas. 53 3/4 x 36 1/4 in. New York, Studio Museum of Harlem. Studio Museum in Harlem; Gift of Charles Cowles, New York 81.2.2. William T. Williams.

137 Melvin Edwards. Mamelodi (from the Lynch Fragment series). 1986. Steel. 15 3/4 × 7 7/8 × 8 in. (40 × 20 × 20.3 cm). Montclair, N.J., The Montclair Art Museum. Montclair Art Museum, Museum purchase; funds provided by the Metropolitan Life Foundation and the Acquisition Fund, 1987.7. © Melvin Edwards.

138 Sam Gilliam. April 4. 1969. Acrylic on canvas. 110 x 179 3/4 in (279.4 × 456.6 cm). Washington, D.C., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum Purchase. © 2013. Photo Smithsonian American Art Museum/Art Resource. Courtesy of the artist and David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, Calif.

139 Lorna Simpson, I.D. 1990. Two black and white silver gelatin prints, two engraved plastic plaques. Courtesy of the artist.

140 Carrie Mae Weems. Not Manet’s Type. 1997. “It Was Clear, I Was Not Manet’s Type/Picasso—Who Had a Way with Women—/Only Used Me & Duchamp Never/Even Considered Me.” © Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

141 Carrie Mae Weems. Not Manet’s Type. 1997. “Standing on Shakey Ground/I Posed Myself for Critical Study/But Was No Longer Certain/Of the Questions to Ask.” © Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

142 Carrie Mae Weems. Not Manet’s Type. 1997. “But It Could Have Been Worse/Imagine My Fate Had/de Kooning Gotten/Hold of Me.” © Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

143 Carrie Mae Weems. Not Manet’s Type. 1997. “I Knew, Not from Memory,/But from Hope, That There Were Other/Models by Which to Live.” © Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

144 Carrie Mae Weems. Not Manet’s Type. 1997. “I Took a Tip from Frida/Who from Her Bed Painted Incessantly—Beautifully/While Diego Scaled the Scaffolds/To the Top of the World.” © Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

145 Mickalene Thomas. Courbet 3 (Sleep). 2011. Polaroid. Paper: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm). Framed: 34 3/4 × 31 2/5 in. (88.3 × 79.4 cm). New York, Lehmann Maupin Gallery. Courtesy Mickalene Thomas and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong. Photo by Elisabeth Bernstein. © ARS, NY and DACS, London 2014.

146 Carla Williams. Venus. 1997. Gelatin silver print. Carla Williams.

147 Renée Cox. Baby Back from the American series. 2001. Renee Cox.

148 Roshini Kempadoo. Sweetness and Light: The Great House People (4). 1996. Giclée print on watercolor paper. 80 × 56 cm. London, United Kingdom. Roshini Kempadoo.

149 Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons. After Duchamp. 2010. Composition of nine images. 20 × 24 Polaroid. Polacolor 7. 1/1. Collection of Bernice Steinbaum, Miaimi. @ Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons—collection of Bernice Steinbaum Miaimi U.S.

150 Awol Erizku. Girl with a Bamboo Earring. 2009. © Awol Erizku, Girl with a Bamboo Earring, 2009. Courtesy of Hasted Kraeutler, NYC.

151 Hank Willis Thomas. Branded Head (from the series Branded). 2003. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

152 Lyle Ashton Harris. Untitled (Silver Handcuffs). 2007. Edition of 6. Digital pigment print on silver foil. 46 × 35 in. New York, CRG Gallery. Courtesy of the artist and CRG Gallery, N.Y.

153 Kiluanji Kia Henda. The Merchant of Venice. 2010. Courtesy of Galleria Fonti and Fondazione di Venezia.

154 Jean-Ulrick Désert. Negerhosen2000/The Travel Albums v.2. 2007. Digital print, pigmented inks on archival paper and collage. 21 x 29.5 cm (8 × 11.5 in.). Courtesy of the artist.

155 Sheila Pree Bright. Plastic Bodies. 24 × 30 cm. Archival inkjet prints. Courtesy of the artist.

156 Radcliffe Roye. Being Seen for the Camera. Radcliffe Roye.

157 Deana Lawson. Diva at 73. Deana Lawson.

158 Megan M. Morgan. Mrs. Black. Mrs. Brown. Mrs. White. 2011. Megan M. Morgan.

159 Joy Gregory. Lipstick. Joy Gregory.

160 Luis Gispert. Dios Mio Gabbana. Luis Gispert.

161 Carrie Mae Weems. Untitled (Man Reading Newspaper), from Kitchen Table series. 1990. Three silver gelatin prints. 71.8 × 71.8 cm each. © Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

162 Lorna Simpson. Guarded Conditions. 1989. Eighteen color Polaroids, twenty-one plastic plaques, plastic letters. Overall 231 × 333 cm. San Diego, collection of Museum of Contemporary Art. Courtesy of the artist and Salon 94, New York.

165 Jennie Livingston. Paris Is Burning. 1990. OFF WHITE PROD./Kobal Collection.

166 Isaac Julien. Film still from Looking for Langston. 1989. 16-mm film, black and white, sound, 45 min. BFI/Sankofa Film and Video/Kobal Collection. Photo: Sunil Gupta. © Isaac Julien and Sunil Gupta. Courtesy of Metro Pictures, New York, and Victoria Mh o Gallery, London.

167 Black Audio Film Collective. Film still from Seven Songs for Malcolm X. 1993.16-mm film, color, sound, 52 min. Smoking Dogs Films.

168 Kerry James Marshall. Many Mansions. 1994. Acrylic on paper mounted on canvas. 289.6 × 342.9 cm. Chicago, 111., The Art Institute of Chicago Max V. Kohnstamm Fund, 1995.147. Photography © The Art Institute of Chicago. © Kerry James Marshall.

169 Glenn Ligon. Untitled (I Feel Most Colored When I Am Thrown Against a Sharp White Background). 1990. Oil on wood. 203.2 × 76.2 cm. New York, Luhring Augustine.

170 Byron Kim. Synecdoche. 1991-present. Oil and wax on luan, birch plywood, and plywood. 25.4 × 20.32 cm (10 × 8 in.) each. Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art, Richard S. Zeisler Fund.

171 Fred Wilson. Cabinetmaking, 1820–1960, lrom Mining the Museum. 1992. Installation view. Whipping post: date unknown, maker unknown; armchair, ca. 1896, maker unknown; side chair with logo of Baltimore Equitable Society, ca. 1820–1840, maker unknown; armchair, ca. 1855, by J. H. Belter; side chair, ca. 1840–1860, maker unknown. Baltimore, Md., The Contemporary Museum and Maryland Historical Society, 4 April 1992–28 February 1993. Photography courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery.

172 Renée Green. Sites of Genealogy. 1991. Installation view. Long Island City, N.Y., P.S.l Contemporary Arts Center. Image: Tom Warren. Courtesy of the artist and Free Agent Media.

173 Whitfield Lovell. Ode. 1999. Charcoal on wood, chairs. 117 × 72 × 59 in. Image courtesy of the artist and DC Moore Gallery, New York.

174 Keith Piper. The Rites of Passage, from A Ship Called Jesus. 1991. Installation view. 35-mm slides in five carousels, sound. Birmingham, UK, Ikon Gallery.

175 Lubaina Himid. Between the Two My Heart Is Balanced. 1991. Acrylic on canvas. 150 × 120 cm. London, Tate Britain. © Tate, London 2013. Lubaina Himid.

176 Charo Oquet. The Two Queens—Yemaya and Elizabeth I. 1997. Acrylic on canvas. 121.9 × 142.2 cm. New Haven, Conn., private collection. Charo Oquet.

177 Yinka Shonibare. How Does a Girl Like You Get to Be a Girl Like You? 1995. Installation view. Mannequins, three costumes in Dutch wax fabric, tailoring by Sian Lewis Collection. © Yinka Shonibare MBE. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2014.

178 Iké Udé. Yellow Book #1. 2003. C-Print photograph. 27.9 × 21.6 cm. Courtesy of artist, Iké Udé.

179 Seydou Keïta. Untitled. Ca. 1956–1957. Gelatin silver print. The Contemporary African Art Collection. Courtesy CAAC—The Pigozzi Collection. © Keïta/SKPEAC.

180 Albert Chong. I-Traits: Seated Presence. 1992. Silver gelatin print. 101.6 × 76.2 cm. Albert Chong.

181 Rotimi Fani-Kayode. Nothing to Lose IV. 1989. Archival C-type print. 50 × 60 cm. Courtesy of Autograph, ABP. © Rotimi Fani-Kayode/Autograph ABP.

182 Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons. Elevata. 2002. Composition of sixteen 24-by-20 Polaroids. Polacolor Pro. Edition of 2/2. Collection of Harvard Museum, Cambridge, Mass. Collection of The Indianapolis Museum of Art, Ind. @Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons—Collection of Harvard Museum Cambridge Mass—Collection of The Indianapolis Museum of Art Ind.

183 Alison Saar. Bareroot. 2007. Wood, bronze, ceiling tin, tar. 43.18 × 205.74 × 121.92 cm (17 × 81 × 48 in.). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y. Charles Clifton Fund, by exchange, 2008. Courtesy of L.A. Louver, Venice, CA. © 2007 Alison Saar. Photograph by Tom Loonan.

184 Kara Walker. Detail of The End of Uncle Tom and the Grand Allegorical Tableau of Eva in Heaven. 1995. Installation view. Cut paper on wall. Installation dimensions variable; approximately 396 × 1066.8 cm (156 × 420 in.). Installation view Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love. Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, 2007. Photo: Gene Pittman. Artwork © 1995 Kara Walker.

185 Michael Ray Charles. After Black (To See or Not to See) and Before Black (To See or Not to See). 1997. Acrylic, latex, stain, copper penny on paper. 152 × 91 cm (60 × 36 in.) and 152 x 95 cm (60 x 37 1/2 in.). Courtesy of the Artist and the Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York.

186 Chris Ofili. Afro Love and Unity. 2002. Oil, acrylic, polyester resin, glitter, map pins, elephant dung on linen with two elephant dung supports. 213.3 × 152.4 cm. Courtesy the Artist and Victoria Miro Gallery, London. © Chris Ofili.

188 Jeff Koons. Michael Jackson and Bubbles. 1988. Ceramic, glaze, and paint. 42 × 70 1/2 × 32 1/2 in. (106.68 × 179.07 × 82.55 cm). San Francisco, Calif., San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, purchased through the Marian and Bernard Messenger Fund and restricted funds. © Jeff Koons.

189 Janine Antoni. Loving Care. 1992. Dimensions variable. View of performance with Loving Care Hair Dye Natural Black at Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London, 1993. Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York. © Janine Antoni.

190 William Pope.L. The Great White Way: 22 Miles, 9 Years, 1 Street. (Whitney version #2). 1990. Video. Duration: 6:35 minutes. © William Pope.L. c/o Mitchell-Innes and Nash.

191 Nandipha Mntambo. Narcissus. 2009.112 × 112 cm. Edition of 8 + 2AP. Photographic composite—Tony Meintjes © Nandipha Mntambo. Courtesy of Stevenson, Cape Town and Johannesburg.

192 Ellen Gallagher. Detail of DeLuxe. 2005. A portfolio of sixty etchings with photogravure, collage, spit bite, cutting, scratching, hand building, silkscreen, offset litho. 33 × 26.5 cm (13 × 10 3/8 in.). © Ellen Gallagher. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth.

193 Wangechi Mutu. Homeward Bound. 2010. Archival pigment print with silkscreen on archival paper. 63.5 × 50.5 cm (25 × 19 7/8 in.). Copyright Wangechi Mutu. Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels.

194 Kehinde Wiley. Portrait of Pablillos de Valladolid, Buffon de Phillip IV, II. 2005. Oil on canvas. 6 × 8 ft. Portrait of Pablillos de Valladoid, Buffon de Philip IV, II © Kehinde Wiley. Used by permission.

196 Nick Cave. Soundsuit. 2008. Metal flowers, beads, ribbon fabric. 102 × 36 × 28 in. NC08 008. Photo by James Prinz Photography. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

197 Willie Cole. House and Field. 1997. Mixed media m two parts. House: 66 × 48.3 × 25.4 cm (26 × 19 x 10 in.), and Field: 73 x 48.3 x 25.4 cm (28 3/4 × 19 × 10 in.). Private collection. Photo: Bill Orcutt. Image courtesy Alexander and Bonin, New York.

198 iROZEALb. A3 Blackface #20. 2004. Acrylic on paper. 76.2 x 50.8 cm. Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody, New York. Courtesy Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, New York. iRb (iona rozeal brown), copyright of the artist.

199 Julie Dash. Film still from Daughters of the Dust. 1991. 35-mm, color, sound. 113 min. GeeChee Girls Productions. Julie Dash.

200 Tracey Moffatt. Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy. 1990. 35-mm color film. 17 min. Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney. © DACS 2014.

201 Steve McQueen. Deadpan. 1997. Installation view. 16-mm, black and white film, transferred to video, no sound. 4 min. 35 sec. Installation at Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago 2012–2013. Courtesy of the artist, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York/Paris and Thomas Dane Gallery, London.

202 Stan Douglas. Inconsolable Memories. 2005. Installation view. Two synchronized asymmetrical film loop projections; 16-mm black and white film, sound. Fifteen permutations with a common period of 5 min. 39 sec. Installation at the 2005 solo exhibition Stan Douglas: Inconsolable Memories at Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska.

203 Salem Mekuria. Film still from Ye Wonz Maibel (Deluge). 1996. 16-mm. 69 min. Mekuria Productions, LLC.

204 Alfredo Jaar, The Eyes of Gutete Emerita. 1996. Two Quadvision lightboxes with six black-and-white text transparencies and two color transparencies. 67 × 128 × 16 cm. Courtesy the artist, N.Y.

205 Luc Tuymans. Lumumba. 2000. Oil on canvas. 62 × 46 cm. New York, Museum of Modern Art. Fractional and promised gift of Bettina and Donald L. Bryant, Jr., Studio Luc Tuymans.

207 The Otolith Group. Film still from Otolith III. 2009. Courtesy and copyright the artists.

208 Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky. Digital screen grab of A Different Utopia. 2003. Web pages, text, color, sound. Paul D. Miller.

209 Julie Mehretu. Stadia II. 2004. Ink and acrylic on canvas. 274.3 × 365.8 cm (108 × 144 in.). Photo: Richard Stoner. Courtesy White Cube.

210 Kori Newkirk. Untitled (Modernist House). 2005. Plastic pony beads, artificial hair. 114.3 × 114.3 cm. Collection of Marcia and Leonard Eitelberg. Photographed by David B. Smith. Kori Newkirk.

212 Donald Rodney. In the House of My Father. 1996–1997. Photograph on paper on aluminum. 12 × 15.3 cm. London, Tate Britain, P78529. © Tate, London 2013. The Estate of Donald Rodney.

213 Mitra Tabrizian. City, London. 2008. C-Type photograph. 122 × 250 cm. Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art. Mitra Tabrizian.

214 Candice Breitz. Ghost series: No. 4.1994–1996. Chromogenic print. 101.5 × 68.5 cm (39 15/16 × 26 15/16 in.). Courtesy White Cube.

215 Mickalene Thomas. I Thought You Said You Were Leaving. 2006. Acrylic, enamel and rhinestones on wood panel. 182.9 × 121.9 cm (72 × 48 in.). Collection of the Hudgins Family, New York, N.Y. Courtesy Mickalene Thomas and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong. © ARS, NY and DACS, London 2014.

216 Marc Brandenburg. Untitled. 2007. Pencil on paper. 41 × 30 cm. Copyright. Thaddeus Ropac Gallery.

217 Marlene Dumas. Moshekwa. 2006. Oil on canvas. 130 x 110 cm. Photo: Peter Cox. Courtesy of Zeno × Gallery, Antwerp.

218 Lynette Yiadom Boakye. Kingfisher. 2011. Oil on canvas. 70 × 76 cm. LYB11–2. Courtesy the artist, Corvi-Mora, London, and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

219 Hurvin Anderson. Peters Back. 2008. Tate Photography. Courtesy the artist and Thomas Dane Gallery.

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