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Race Riot

Auto Plastic: Wendell Castle 1968-1973 by Donald Albrecht (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
the upheaval of America’s shifting values, student protests, race riots, assassinations, and the war
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Late 20th Century Books

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Paper

Original Purvis Young Extra Large Outsider/Street Art
By Purvis Young
Located in East Hampton, NY
. Framed by the artist with found wood. The 1980 Miami riots were race riots that occurred in Miami
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Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Paintings

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Wood, Plywood

Untitled, Purvis Young Mixed-Media Painting, 1980s
By Purvis Young
Located in Miami, FL
" by the artist with wood and carpeting remnants. The 1980 Miami riots were race riots that occurred in
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Vintage 1980s American Folk Art Paintings

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Paint, Reclaimed Wood, Canvas, Paper

MCM Mixed Media Three-Dimensional Abstract by Angela Kosta Driessen
By Angela Kosta
Located in San Diego, CA
continually under attack. Volunteers from Watts, the recent scene of race riots, assisted in defending it
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Plywood, Paper

"Untitled", Inked Profile, Museum Glass, Custom Frame, Mixed Media, India Ink
By Lester Johnson
Located in Detroit, MI
worthy of a longer look. The 1960s was an explosively turbulent era marked by assassinations, race riots
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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India Ink, Mixed Media

Untitled (flooring)
By Theaster Gates
Located in Palm Desert, CA
series “In Event of a Race Riot” (2011 onward) for example, lengths of decommissioned fire hoses are
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Found Objects, Mixed Media

Stand-Ins for Period of Wreckage 25
By Theaster Gates
Located in Palm Desert, CA
series “In Event of a Race Riot” (2011 onward) for example, lengths of decommissioned fire hoses are
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Concrete

Dreams of Tomorrow
By Grigory Gluckmann
Located in Zürich, CH
revolted, by the stupidity and satisfied mediocrity of human race… One wonders what will be the final
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Unnamed
By Thornton Dial, Sr.
Located in ATLANTA, GA
things—industrial labor, consumerism, rioting, and race relations—are, in fact, deeply connected
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Mixed Media

Nicholas Bodde Triptych Color Field on Aluminum
Located in Detroit, MI
horizontal lines and fields that race across the hard surface in a controlled riot – as if the viewer were
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Metal

Nobody at Home
By Thornton Dial, Sr.
Located in ATLANTA, GA
makes a disturbing political critique: all these things—industrial labor, consumerism, rioting, and race
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Ground Level: Slash
By Thornton Dial, Sr.
Located in ATLANTA, GA
makes a disturbing political critique: all these things—industrial labor, consumerism, rioting, and race
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Mixed Media

Untitled
By Thornton Dial, Sr.
Located in ATLANTA, GA
makes a disturbing political critique: all these things—industrial labor, consumerism, rioting, and race
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

The Storm Is Here, Original Abstract Ink Painting on Yupo Paper
Located in Boston, MA
and send it in a new direction. After all, we bleed the exact same color. We are one human race. The
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Ink, Paper

Worry, Original Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Ink Painting on Yupo Paper
Located in Boston, MA
in a new direction. After all, we bleed the exact same color. We are one human race. About the
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Ink, Paper, Mylar

The Storm, Original Abstract Ink Painting on Canvas, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
same color. We are one human race. The storm is upon us. This storm is raging! It’s up to us to
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Ink, Canvas

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Located in Ulm, DE
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By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
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Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
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Located in New York, NY
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Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
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Pair Of Vintage Italian Murano Wall Lights 16 Lattimo Glass Petals
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"Cars, Buildings People" Contemporary Outsider Folk Art African American Urban
By Purvis Young
Located in New York, NY
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French Art Déco 'Pélican' Night Light / Pocket Watch Holder by Max Le Verrier
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Mixed-Media Painting by Purvis Young, Untitled, Circa 1990
By Purvis Young
Located in Miami, FL
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Located in Brooklyn, NY
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Purvis Young, City Angel, Acrylic on Wood circa 1990
By Purvis Young
Located in Santa Monica, CA
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Art Deco bison bookends by Max Le Verrier original 1930 on Portor marble base.
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Birmingham Race Riot
By Andy Warhol
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Race Riot presents a sobering image of the civil disorder event that took place in Birmingham, Alabama
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1960s Pop Art Portrait Prints

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RACE RIOT
By Paul Pfeiffer
Located in Chicago, IL
Edition 1/6
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By William John Kennedy
Located in Indianapolis, IN
Portrait of Andy Warhol posing in front of ”Birmingham Race Riot " This Silver Gelatin Fiber Print
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Paul Newman "Wusa" Globe Photos Fine Art Print
Located in Las Vegas, NV
"Wusa", circa 1970. Paul Newman was an American actor, film director, producer, race car driver
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1970s Black and White Photography

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Untitled (Timbuctoo)
By Casey Ruble
Located in New York, NY
and locations of Civil Rights Era riots. Today these places are hair salons, empty fields, boutique
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Archival Paper

Untitled (Camden)
By Casey Ruble
Located in New York, NY
: former safe houses on the Underground Railroad and locations of Civil Rights Era riots. Today these
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Archival Paper, Paper

What Happened?
By Casey Ruble
Located in New York, NY
Underground Railroad and locations of Civil Rights Era riots. Today these places are hair salons, empty fields
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Untitled (Cranbury)
By Casey Ruble
Located in New York, NY
: former safe houses on the Underground Railroad and locations of Civil Rights Era riots. Today these
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Camden
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in East Hampton, NY
, artists began to explore issues of race, gender, and sexuality. The American flag itself became a pop
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Buckley
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in East Hampton, NY
, artists began to explore issues of race, gender, and sexuality. The American flag itself became a pop
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Leurin
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in East Hampton, NY
, artists began to explore issues of race, gender, and sexuality. The American flag itself became a pop
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Adriel 5
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in East Hampton, NY
, artists began to explore issues of race, gender, and sexuality. The American flag itself became a pop
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Benton
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in East Hampton, NY
, artists began to explore issues of race, gender, and sexuality. The American flag itself became a pop
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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In Event of Race Riot
By Theaster Gates
Located in Palm Desert, CA
In Event of Race Riot (Tall Gray with Flat Hose) and In Event of Race Riot (Tall Gray and Stained
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Birmingham Race Riot
By Andy Warhol
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
) titled "Birmingham Race Riot", 1964. This is the third published limited edition print Warhol ever made
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Still Life with Race Riot - Kissing Figurine, Floral Bouquet & Sharp Shooters
Located in Chicago, IL
Franz Sedlacek, an Austrian artist lost in World War II. William Krug Still LIfe with Race Riot oil on
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Glenn Ligon, Detail, 3 colour screenprint, 2014
By Glenn Ligon
Located in London, GB
brutalised by police during the 1964 Harlem Race Riots.
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Robert Rauschenberg, Signs, screenprint in colours, signed, 1970
By Robert Rauschenberg
Located in London, GB
Zapruder that captured JFK’s assassination in Dallas in 1963; an urban race riot; Bobby Kennedy; soldiers
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1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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John Egner My Pride 1982 Signed Contemporary Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas
By John Egner
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
movements and ’67 race riot, and his impact can still be heard and felt through the myriad people he taught
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Mid-Century Modern Mixed Media Three Dimensional Abstract by Angela Kosta
By Angela Kosta
Located in San Diego, CA
attack. Volunteers from Watts, the recent scene of race riots, assisted in defending it. Efforts were
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Mid-Century Modern Mixed-Media Three Dimensional Abstract by Angela Kosta
By Angela Kosta
Located in San Diego, CA
were continually under attack. Volunteers from Watts, the recent scene of race riots, assisted in
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Andy Warhol Electric Chair Skateboard deck
By (after) Andy Warhol
Located in NEW YORK, NY
as illustrated in newspaper images (see, for instance, Race Riot 1963 and Ambulance Disaster 1963
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Wood, Lithograph, Screen

Andy Warhol Electric Chair Skateboard deck
By (after) Andy Warhol
Located in NEW YORK, NY
in newspaper images (see, for instance, Race Riot 1963 and Ambulance Disaster 1963). With this series
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Masterpiece Quality Scherenschnitte (Cutwork)
Located in York County, PA
won the mayoral race with 24,510 votes, defeating Locofoco Party [anti-Tammany hall Democrat
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Located in Boston, MA
? Will we make it out of this as a whole society? What is going to happen to us as a human race? About
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Andy Warhol skateboard deck (Warhol Electric Chair)
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instance, Race Riot 1963 and Ambulance Disaster 1963). With this series Warhol began to explore the effect
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Untitled
By Thornton Dial, Sr.
Located in ATLANTA, GA
makes a disturbing political critique: all these things—industrial labor, consumerism, rioting, and race
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Mixed Media

Materials

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Harlem Underground
By Harry Schaare
Located in Minneapolis, MN
committing violent hate crimes in the wake of the Harlem race riots, murder of Malcolm X, and day-to-day
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Untitled (Jersey City)
By Casey Ruble
Located in New York, NY
locations of Civil Rights Era riots. Today these places are hair salons, empty fields, boutique shops
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Archival Paper

Untitled (Swedesboro)
By Casey Ruble
Located in New York, NY
riots. Today these places are hair salons, empty fields, boutique shops abandoned buildings—the kinds of
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Untitled (Allentown)
By Casey Ruble
Located in New York, NY
New Jersey: former safe houses on the Underground Railroad and locations of Civil Rights Era riots
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Find the exact race riot you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. You can easily find an example made in the contemporary style, while we also have 2 contemporary versions to choose from as well. You’re likely to find the perfect race riot among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 20th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a race riot to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of brown, black, gray, beige and more. Finding an appealing race riot — no matter the origin — is easy, but Thornton Dial, Theaster Gates, Andy Warhol, Lester Johnson and (after) Andy Warhol each produced popular versions that are worth a look. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in mixed media, ink and oil paint can add an especially memorable touch.

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