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Aaron Douglas
Into Bondage, 1936
oil on canvas
overall: 153.4 x 153.7 cm (60 3/8 x 60 1/2 in.)
framed: 165.1 x 164.47 x 8.26 cm (65 x 64 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase and partial gift from Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr., The Evans-Tibbs Collection)
© 2021 Heirs of Aaron Douglas / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

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Frank Bowling
Night Journey, 1969-1970
Acrylic on canvas
overall: 212.7 x 183.2 cm (83 3/4 x 72 1/8 in.)
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Maddy and Larry Mohr, 2011 (2011.590.2)
© 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London

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Edouard Antoine Renard
A Slave Rebellion on a Slaveship, 1833
Oil on canvas
unframed: 99 x 83 cm (39 x 32 11/16 in.)
framed: 118 x 101 cm (46 7/16 x 39 3/4 in.)
crated: 132 x 33 x 147 cm (51 15/16 x 13 x 57 7/8 in.)
La Rochelle, Musée du Noveau Monde, France

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Paulo Nazareth
Untitled from the series For Sale, 2011
Photo print on cotton paper
overall: 93 x 70 cm (36 5/8 x 27 9/16 in.)
Collection Galeria Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil

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Barrington Watson
Conversation, 1981
oil on canvas
overall: 127.5 x 91 cm (50 3/16 x 35 13/16 in.)
National Gallery of Jamaica
© Estate of Barrington Watson

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Heitor dos Prazeres
Músicos [Musicians], c.1938
oil on canvas
overall: 46 x 38 cm (18 1/8 x 14 15/16 in.)
framed: 55.7 x 47.5 x 7 cm (21 15/16 x 18 11/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
framed weight: 15.432 lb. (7 kg)
Collection Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, Gift of Rafael Moraes, in the context of Histories of Dance exhibition, 2020

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Rosina Becker do Valle
Índio da floresta (Caboclo) [Indian from the Forest (Caboclo)],, 1963
oil on canvas
overall: 90.5 x 68 x 7.8 cm (35 5/8 x 26 3/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
framed: 92.5 x 68 x 8.5 cm (36 7/16 x 26 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
framed weight: 29.101 lb. (13.2 kg)
Collection Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, Gift of Lais H. Zogbi Porto and Telmo Giolito Porto, in the context of the Afro-Atlantic Histories exhibition, 2018

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Dalton Paula
Zeferina, 2018
oil on canvas
overall: 45 x 61 cm (17 11/16 x 24 in.)
framed: 73.3 x 57.3 x 9 cm (28 7/8 x 22 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
framed weight: 24.251 lb. (11 kg)
Collection Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, Gift of the artist, in the context of the Afro-Atlantic Histories exhibition, 2018
© Dalton Paula

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Unknown Dutch
Don Miguel de Castro, Kongolesisk gesandt [Don Miguel de Castro, Emissary of Kongo], c.1643
oil on canvas
overall: 85 x 73 cm (33 7/16 x 28 3/4 in.)
SMK, National Gallery of Denmark

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Alma Thomas
March on Washington, 1964
acrylic on canvas
overall: 78.5 x 99 cm (30 7/8 x 39 in.)
Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York

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Kerry James Marshall
Voyager, 1992
acrylic and collage on canvas
painted surface: 220.98 x 220.35 cm (87 x 86 3/4 in.)
overall: 233.36 x 219.71 cm (91 7/8 x 86 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Women’s Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art)
© Kerry James Marshall

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Samuel Fosso
La Femme americaine liberee des annees 70 (Self-Portrait (as Liberated American Woman of the '70s)), 1997, printed 2003
chromogenic print
image: 86.84 x 86.2 cm (34 3/16 x 33 15/16 in.)
framed: 114.3 x 114.3 x 3.81 cm (45 x 45 x 1 1/2 in.)
sheet: 105.41 x 101.6 cm (41 1/2 x 40 in.)
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by Nina and Michael Zilkha, 2004.809 © 1997 Samuel Fosso, courtesy JM. Patras / Paris
© Samuel Fosso, courtesy Jean Marc Patras Galerie, Paris

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Njideka Akunyili Crosby
Eko Skyscraper, 2019
acrylic and color pencil on panel
overall: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
© Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Image courtesy the artist, Victoria Miro, and David Zwirner

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Djanira da Motta e Silva
Feira da Bahia [Bahia Market], 1979
oil on canvas
overall: 80 x 116 cm (31 1/2 x 45 11/16 in.)
Private Collection - Salvador/BA

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Elizabeth Catlett
Reclining Female Nude, 1955
bronze
overall: 20.96 x 38.1 x 14.61 cm (8 1/4 x 15 x 5 3/4 in.)
gross weight: 4.536 kg (10 lb.)
National Gallery of Art, Corcoran Collection (The Evans-Tibbs Collection, Gift of Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.)

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John Raphael Smith after George Morland
Slave Trade, 1791
mezzotint on laid paper
plate: 48.2 x 66.5 cm (19 x 26 3/16 in.)
sheet: 48.5 x 66.5 cm (19 1/8 x 26 3/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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Lois Mailou Jones
The Green Door, 1981
watercolor over graphite on wove paper
sheet: 48.26 x 60.96 cm (19 x 24 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, William A. Clark Fund)

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Hank Willis Thomas
A Place to Call Home (Africa America Reflection), 2020
stainless steel with mirrored finish
overall: 203.2 x 167.64 cm (80 x 66 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Firestone Contemporary Art Acquisition Fund
© Hank Willis Thomas. Courtesy of the Artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

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Zanele Muholi
Ntozakhe II, (Parktown), 2016
photographic wall mural from digital file
National Gallery of Art, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund
© Zanele Muholi. Courtesy of the artist, Yancey Richardson, New York, and Stevenson Cape Town/Johannesburg

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