Tour: African American Artists: Collection Highlights

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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