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CANDACE 1992 Tribute To African American Women, Black Woman Face Portrait
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
ELIZABETH CATLETT Candace - 10th Anniversary Celebration 1992, A Tribute to African American Women
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Two African American Women Shine in Pink and Orange on Easter Day Parade
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life. Color ! American Photography
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Weathering Hypothesis
Located in Tucson, AZ
proposal of American public health research professor, Arline Geronimus that African American women
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Textile

Weathering Hypothesis
Weathering Hypothesis
H 30.5 in W 69 in D 0.5 in
Stipple Drawing in Black and White of the First Lady of Haiti - African American
Located in Miami, FL
precise stipple effect and celebrating African-American women which was titled "Twelve American Women." It
Category

1940s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pencil

A Woman's Place, Book Cover Illustration
By John Barkley
Located in Fort Washington, PA
cover art for Golden's celebrated novel about three African-American women who meet and form enduring
Category

1980s Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Be First, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
By Greg Beebe
Located in Yardley, PA
Celebrates Darine Stern's (first African American women to pose on the cover of Playboy magazine
Category

2010s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

THE CONVERSATION Signed Lithograph, Black Women, Train, African American Culture
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
, suggests to the viewer the Great Migration(African American) - a mass movement of blacks from the rural
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

'Porch Peas' 1983 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
By Alain Le Garsmeur
Located in London, GB
'Porch Peas' by Alain Le Garsmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print Two African American
Category

1980s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Benton_Mary Church Terrell Life Cycle_monoprint, collage, Oberlin College Women
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
the first African American women to earn a college degree in the United States. Terrell began
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Monoprint

Beautiful Maidens Nude Women Harem, Playboy Cartoon African American Illustrator
By E. Simms Campbell
Located in Miami, FL
E. Simms Campbel was the first major African American Illustrator. He did covers for Esquire
Category

1960s Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

MORNING Signed Lithograph, Interior Scene Black Women, African American Culture
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
methods on archival Somerset printmaking paper, 100% acid free. MORNING by the African American master
Category

1970s Contemporary Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Africa - Collage Painting in Orange - African American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
social issues as civil rights for women and African Americans, as well as jazz and dance.[4] Of one
Category

1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Burlap, Wood, Oil

Women on Horseback, Acrylic on Canvas by African American Artist Bai
By Bai (Carl Karni-Bain)
Located in New york, NY
African-American artist Bai. "Colour becomes symbols I use to reflect emotional stages that humans
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Ballpoint Pen

Benton_Mary Church Terrell Over Time_monoprint and collage, Oberlin College Women
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
first African American women to earn a college degree in the United States. Terrell began working as a
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Monoprint

Benton, Anna Julia Cooper, monoprint with Chine collé, Oberlin College Women
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
offered their photo archive of early women attendees and graduates that also including African American
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Monoprint

NEGRO ES BELLO II Signed Lithograph, Black Is Beautiful, Black Power Movement
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
of African American women, the African American experience, and Mexican people who faced injustice
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Blues" 1971 African American Artist - Color lithograph Framed
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
A wonderful print by African American artist, Charles White (1918 - 1979) "Blues" Color lithograph
Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Lithograph

Improvisation abstract African-American artist painting.
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
. Ayers holds the distinction of having participated in the first important survey of African-Americans
Category

1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

MALCOLM X SPEAKS FOR US Signed Linocut Portrait Head Black Civil Rights Activist
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
best known for her depictions of African American women, the African American experience, and Mexican
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Linocut

VENDEDORA Signed Lithograph, Portrait Seated Young Girl, Mexican Fruit Seller
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
of African American women, the African American experience, and Mexican people who faced injustice
Category

Early 2000s Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Benton, Votes for Women, monoprint with Chine collé, PioneerActivist
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
offered their photo archive of early women attendees and graduates that also including African American
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Monoprint

Nude Figures, Metallic Gold Ground, African American Artist - Black Artist
Located in Miami, FL
, African American Artist. comic-strip illustrator and painter was born in New York City and began drawing
Category

1970s American Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

VENDEDORA DE PERIÓDICOS Signed Lithograph, Mexican Woman Newspaper Vendor
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
American women, the African American experience, and Mexican people who faced injustice. For Catlett, art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

MECKLENBURG AUTUMN Signed Lithograph, Black Women Portrait, African Mask, Quilt
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
renowned African American artist Romare Bearden. Almost fluorescent yellow orange sets the background for
Category

1970s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

African American Woman artist Mailou Jones Cezannian Cote d'Azur cubist village
Located in Norwich, GB
If you are interested in African American Art and in Women in the Arts, I will certainly not need
Category

Mid-19th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Progressive Youth
By Tim Okamura
Located in East Quogue, NY
Beautifully rendered large-scale contemporary figurative painting of two African American women
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

MAN Signed Woodcut, Face Portrait, Paper-Doll Cutout People, Mexican Culture
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
African American women. artist bio - Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Woodcut

AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN(Turban), Hand Drawn Lithograph, Black Female Portrait
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the renowned
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Devil: No Horns, Burning in Hell, African American Harlem Renaissance
Located in Miami, FL
civil rights for women and African Americans, as well as jazz and dance... represented a "philosophical
Category

1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Motif. Abstract, African American Artist Viola Leak Woodcut Silkscreen Print
By Viola Burley Leak
Located in Surfside, FL
references religious motifs and those of her African-American experience and heritage. She is a multimedia
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen, Woodcut

Steinhardt Woodcut Marian Anderson Signed African American, Israeli Bezalel Art
By Jacob Steinhardt
Located in Surfside, FL
(image) Marian Anderson is remembered as one of the best American contraltos (women with lower singing
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Offset Lithograph Warmly Inscribed to Renowned African American Arts Educator
By Sam Gilliam
Located in New York, NY
Sam Gilliam Offset Lithograph Warmly Inscribed to Renowned African American Arts Educator, 1988
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset, Ink

GOING TO CHURCH Signed Lithograph, Southern Landscape, African American Heritage
By William Tolliver
Located in Union City, NJ
GOING TO CHURCH was the very first limited edition print created by the self-taught African
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Abstract Mixed Media Painting African American Woman Artist Cheryl Warrick
Located in Surfside, FL
Cheryl Warrick (American, b. 1956), "By Ones By Twos" Acrylic mixed media on panel, 1999, Hand
Category

1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas

Blue Crain Wall, by Noland Anderson, African American Woman in Blue
Located in Charelston, SC
gallery African american art African american artist African american painting African-american art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

African American Mother and Child by Peggy Dodds Circa 1940's
By Peggy Dodds
Located in Rochester, NY
Fashionably dressed African American mother and child by Peggy Dodds (1900-1987). Large oil on
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Motif, Gold Abstract African American Artist Viola Leak Woodcut Silkscreen Print
By Viola Burley Leak
Located in Surfside, FL
mixed media work often references religious motifs and those of her African-American experience and
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen, Woodcut

Motif, Orange Blue, African American Artist Viola Leak Woodcut Silkscreen Print
By Viola Burley Leak
Located in Surfside, FL
often references religious motifs and those of her African-American experience and heritage. She is a
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen, Woodcut

Motif (Purple), African American Artist Viola Leak Woodcut or Silkscreen Print
By Viola Burley Leak
Located in Surfside, FL
references religious motifs and those of her African-American experience and heritage. She is a multimedia
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen, Woodcut

YOUNG DOUGLASS Signed Linocut, Black Portrait Head African American Civil Rights
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
. YOUNG DOUGLASS is an impactful graphic statement by the renowned African-American and Mexican woman
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Linocut

Portrait of African American Woman by Anthony Sisti Circa 1930's
Located in Rochester, NY
Portrait of an African American Woman by Tony Sisti (1901-1983). Sisti was a master draftsman. With
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper

Blues, important signed/N lithograph by renowned African American artist Framed
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in New York, NY
"Beyond the Blues", 2010, Reflections of African America in the Fine Arts Collection of the Amistad
Category

1980s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Pencil

Fashion Show, Harlem NY, Black and White Photograph African American Life 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
gloves for women. Fashion has always been an extension of the African American community identity in
Category

1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin

Smoke by Noland Anderson, African American Male @ Cigar Lounge Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Charelston, SC
African american art African american artist African american painting African-american art African
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

All the While: cinematic photograph, interior w/ Black African American woman
By Nadine Rovner
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
reality. Reflecting these emotions, Rovner's photographs are filled with women who struggle against the
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Nude. African American Woman exhibited piece 1942 University of Iowa exhibited
By Coreen Mary Spellman
Located in San Antonio, TX
College for Women and also illustrated a number of children's books. In a national competition of 1932
Category

1940s Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

WALKING BLINDLY Signed Lithograph, Black Woman, For My People by Margaret Walker
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
women, the African American experience, and Mexican people who faced injustice. For Catlett, art was a
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

1970 Haitian Mod Gold Painting Portrait of African American Woman Emilcar Simil
By Emilcar Similien (SIMIL)
Located in Surfside, FL
tradition, reflecting African roots with strong Indigenous, American and European aesthetic and religious
Category

1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic, Canvas

African American Large Vintage Color Photograph Dandy C Print Photo Ike Ude
By Iké Udé
Located in Surfside, FL
, artist/spectator, African/post-nationalist, mainstream/marginal, individual/everyman and fashion/art. Iké
Category

1990s Conceptual Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

African American Large Vintage Color Photograph Dandy C Print Photo Ike Ude
By Iké Udé
Located in Surfside, FL
, artist/spectator, African/post-nationalist, mainstream/marginal, individual/everyman and fashion/art. Iké
Category

1990s Conceptual Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

African American Large Vintage Color Photograph Dandy C Print Photo Ike Ude
By Iké Udé
Located in Surfside, FL
, artist/spectator, African/post-nationalist, mainstream/marginal, individual/everyman and fashion/art. Iké
Category

1990s Conceptual Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

African American Large Vintage Color Photograph Dandy C Print Photo Ike Ude
By Iké Udé
Located in Surfside, FL
, artist/spectator, African/post-nationalist, mainstream/marginal, individual/everyman and fashion/art. Iké
Category

1990s Conceptual Color Photography

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color

(Four Women at Hat Store)
Located in New York, NY
hat store or is she another person in the scene. And what about the African-American woman who is
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Huddled Women
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Botswana, and by major private collectors in Europe, America and Africa. Surprisingly. Steeped into the
Category

1990s Other Art Style Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Huddled Women
Huddled Women
H 12 in W 6 in D 10.5 in
Benton, The Gaze (Dorothy Canfield Fisher) monoprint with Chine collé, Feminist
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
that also including African American women. The artist exhibited 19th Century Women at Oberlin College
Category

1990s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Silver

BACK TO EARTH Signed Lithograph, Abstract Landscape, Zebra, Crescent Moon, Grass
By Margo Humphrey
Located in Union City, NJ
in Printmaking. She was one of the first African American women to distinguish herself in lithography
Category

1960s Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Benton, Carrie Chapman Catt, monoprint with Chine collé, Pioneer Activist
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
that also including African American women. The artist exhibited 19th Century Women at Oberlin College
Category

1990s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Gold Leaf

Benton, Mabel Loomis Todd, monoprint with Chine collé, Pioneer Activist
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
attendees and graduates that also including African American women. The artist exhibited 19th Century Women
Category

1990s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Gold Leaf

"Women's Stories" mixed media painting of three black women, orange flowers
By Janice Frame
Located in Edgartown, MA
"As an African-American artist in today’s world, I embody the vast differences found in our
Category

2010s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Resin, Magazine Paper

Man
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Missouri, MO
Catlett (1915-2012) is regarded as one of the most important women artists and African American artists of
Category

Late 19th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Linocut, Woodcut

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