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Woman Protestor, March on Washington, African-American Civil Rights Photography
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
, capturing the daily life of African-Americans. Documenting the 1960s Civil Rights Movement from the East
Category

1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin

Woman on Bus, Washington Protest, African-American Civil Rights Photography
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in
Category

1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Gnarled Tree - African American Artist
By Charles Alston
Located in Miami, FL
artwork, and 1950 he became the first African-American instructor at the Art Students League, where he
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Steinhardt Woodcut Marian Anderson Signed African American, Israeli Bezalel Art
By Jacob Steinhardt
Located in Surfside, FL
voices) of all time. She was the first African American singer to perform at the White House and the
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Large Painting Photo Collage Martin Luther King African American Civil Rights
Located in Surfside, FL
arrested at a sit-in protest in Durham in 1963. After graduating, he was one of the first art teachers to
Category

1990s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Glass, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper

SECOND GENERATION Signed Lithograph, For My People by Margaret Walker, Protest
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
African-American woman artist Elizabeth Catlett, master printmaker and sculptor best known for her
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Cuban Artist Pastel Drawing African American Emilio Cruz Bonnie & Clyde Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Museum in Harlem; the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Museum of African American History and
Category

20th Century Neo-Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel

Meschac Gaba Inkjet Pigment Print Photograph African Conceptual Art Dollar Bill
Located in Surfside, FL
identities and commerce. He is best known for The Museum of Contemporary African Art 1997–2002, an
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Inkjet

"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
American Art (1924-55), Art Institute of Chicago (1935-49), Carnegie International (1937-50), Pennsylvania
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

WPA Mural Study 1940 American Scene Modern Social Realism Figurative Mid Century
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Family at the Beach WPA Modernism American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
American Art (1924-55), Art Institute of Chicago (1935-49), Carnegie International (1937-50), Pennsylvania
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Watercolor, Ink, Paper

"Girl with Guitar" Robert Gwathmey, Music, Southern Social Commentary, Modernism
By Robert Gwathmey
Located in New York, NY
Arts, Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art, October 8, 2022 - March 19, 2023, fig. 5.7, p. 102-4
Category

1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Survivor' — Elizabeth Catlett
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Art, Scripps College (CA), Toledo Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, University of Iowa
Category

1980s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Linocut

September Morn
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in New Orleans, LA
Chicago Art Institute, the American Art School, University of Utah, and had a significant tenure at the
Category

1960s American Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage Silver Gelatin Magnum Press Photo Eve Arnold Marilyn Monroe Photograph
By Eve Arnold
Located in Surfside, FL
, “migrant workers, civil-rights protests of apartheid in South Africa, disabled Vietnam war veterans and
Category

1960s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Beat Poet Peter Orlovsky Beatnik Photo
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours, politicians, agitators and social protests
Category

1960s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Nature's Printing Press
Located in Fairlawn, OH
a group of African American artists in response to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Harlem on My
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Nude Rock by Margaret Hicks, 1986, C-Print, Abstract Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
North Texas, Denton. Art Major, 1951-52, American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Dr. Hicks was an
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Wisdom by Margaret Hicks, 1990, C-Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
North Texas, Denton. Art Major, 1951-52, American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Dr. Hicks was an
Category

1990s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Large Israel Modernist Landscape Painting Bezalel Artist
By Larry Abramson
Located in Surfside, FL
Young Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv 1993 The America-Israel Cultural Foundation
Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Mule Twins
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
components and references that show up in my other works - references to how African American stereotypes
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Mule Twins
Mule Twins
H 25 in W 15 in D 4 in
Play at The Plate, Sporting Scene
By John Dobbs
Located in Surfside, FL
, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Butler Institute of American Art in Ohio, and the Salon
Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Rosa Parks" Bronze Sculpture, Figurative, Female, Portrait
By Artis Lane
Located in Detroit, MI
The California African American Museum with a retrospective of her life’s work which included almost
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Shot on Goal, Sporting Scene
By John Dobbs
Located in Surfside, FL
, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Butler Institute of American Art in Ohio, and the Salon
Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Adaeze The Princess
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Midwifery in America and got the most excellent result in her field of Midwifery. She had an exceptional
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Adaeze The Princess
Adaeze The Princess
No Reserve
H 60 in W 48 in D 1 in
"Rosa Parks Ascending Steps" Bronze, Portrait, Iconic Figure, Historical Scene
By Artis Lane
Located in Detroit, MI
estate community in Atlanta, GA. In 2007, she was honored by The California African American Museum with
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Red Above Blue, 1966
By Michael Loew
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Whitney Museum of American Art, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Category

1960s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Acrylic

Birthmark
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
one drop of African American blood consigned a person to a second- class existence. --- Kat Flyn is
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Birthmark
Birthmark
H 13 in W 13 in D 4 in
Washerwoman's Daughter
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
This work pays homage to the sacrifices that were made – especially by African-American women
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Black Jack
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
truncheon, and a sap, all employed historically by the police, and a statue of an African American male's
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Black Jack
Black Jack
H 26 in W 12 in D 4 in
Shooting Gallery
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
used racist stereotyped likenesses of African Americans as targets. --- Kat Flyn is a self-taught
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Shooting Gallery
Shooting Gallery
H 45.72 in W 30.48 in D 48.26 in
Hard Time
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
. African Americans comprise 13% of our general population but 40% of our prison population. This system
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Hard Time
Hard Time
H 12 in W 16 in D 3 in
Vintage Color Photograph Old City Jerusalem Temple Mount Marc Riboud Photo 1973
By Marc Riboud
Located in Surfside, FL
front of the Pentagon to protest against America's involvement in Vietnam. Select Exhibitions 1958
Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

Vintage Color Photograph Kadishman Sculpture Jerusalem Museum Marc Riboud Photo
By Marc Riboud
Located in Surfside, FL
-war activists had gathered in front of the Pentagon to protest against America's involvement in
Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

Birmingham Children, Vintage Black and White Civil Rights Photography 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
of the 20th Century. For the series Black in White America Leonard Freed documents African Americans
Category

1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

THE BUILDERS 1985 National Urban League, 1st Edition, Men Working Construction
By Jacob Lawrence
Located in Union City, NJ
struggles and successes of African American life. Using art as an instrument of protest, Lawrence aligned
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

Memento (Dr. Martin Luther King John F. Kennedy Malcolm X, Civil rights workers
By Kerry James Marshall
Located in New York, NY
American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Gold

Malcolm X Funeral Signed Vintage Silver Gelatin print
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
-Shabazz was an African-American Muslim minister and a human rights activist. To his admirers he was a
Category

1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Malcolm X Funeral Vintage silver gelatin gelatin photograph
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours, politicians, agitators and social protests
Category

1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Black Panthers Portfolio
By Stephen Shames
Located in New York, NY
Shames In the midst of the largely nonviolent Civil Rights movement sweeping through America, Huey P
Category

1970s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Abstract Modernist Drawing of a Nude Man with Winged Figure, Angel
By John Dobbs
Located in Surfside, FL
, universities and museums. His work was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, the American
Category

20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Man in Raincoat, Vintage Modern Watercolor Painting
By John Dobbs
Located in Surfside, FL
work was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, the American Academy of Arts and
Category

20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Original Vintage Sport Poster Levi's Moscow 1980 Olympic Games N. America Skiing
By Michael Gibson
Located in London, GB
(Africa), Soccer (South America), Cycling (Europe) - but the posters were withdrawn following the decision
Category

1970s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Nude drawing (Nude on her haunches draws )
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in New Orleans, LA
significant battles and events. He taught at the Chicago Art Institute, the American Art School, University
Category

1960s American Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Shaped Shadow 3
By Lindsy Davis
Located in Nashville, TN
who might protest their existence. Allowing them to stay in the shadows does not make them disappear
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Wax

Shaped Shadow 3
Shaped Shadow 3
H 34.5 in W 11 in D 1.5 in
Shaped Shadow 2
By Lindsy Davis
Located in Nashville, TN
who might protest their existence. Allowing them to stay in the shadows does not make them disappear
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Wax

Shaped Shadow 2
Shaped Shadow 2
H 34.5 in W 11 in D 1.5 in
Shaped Shadow 1
By Lindsy Davis
Located in Nashville, TN
who might protest their existence. Allowing them to stay in the shadows does not make them disappear
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Wax

Shaped Shadow 1
Shaped Shadow 1
H 26.5 in W 7 in D 1.5 in
Camden
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in East Hampton, NY
-Vietnam war and civil rights movements in the United States, protests and revolutions in Europe and the
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Buckley
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in East Hampton, NY
-Vietnam war and civil rights movements in the United States, protests and revolutions in Europe and the
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Adriel 5
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in East Hampton, NY
-Vietnam war and civil rights movements in the United States, protests and revolutions in Europe and the
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Leurin
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in East Hampton, NY
-Vietnam war and civil rights movements in the United States, protests and revolutions in Europe and the
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Benton
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in East Hampton, NY
-Vietnam war and civil rights movements in the United States, protests and revolutions in Europe and the
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Campesino Mexicano — African American artist
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
what matters most to her -- the lives of everyday people, the heroines, and heroes of African American
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Linocut

"Migrant" Robert Gwathmey, Baskets of Food Produce, American Realism, Farm Work
By Robert Gwathmey
Located in New York, NY
the lives of the African-American minority moves beyond pure social commentary on the plight of their
Category

1970s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

Job Hunters WPA Depression Era Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
. Gropper exhibited at the 1939 New York World's Fair, Whitney Museum of American Art (1924-55), Art
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Oil on Canvas Titled: “Memoria Andina”
By Maximo Caminero
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
, destroyed a coloured vase by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in protest at Pérez Art Museum Miami's lack of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Modernist Oill Painting Urban Pattern
By John Dobbs
Located in Surfside, FL
, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Butler Institute of American Art in Ohio, and the Salon
Category

20th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Large Modernist Oill Painting Urban Pattern
By John Dobbs
Located in Surfside, FL
, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Butler Institute of American Art in Ohio, and the Salon
Category

20th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Survivor
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
-Dade Public Library, Whitney Museum of American Art, University of Iowa Museum of Art. "Elizabeth
Category

1980s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Linocut

Oil on Canvas by Maximo Caminero Titled: "Divine Life”
By Maximo Caminero
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in protest at Pérez Art Museum Miami's lack of displays by local artists
Category

2010s Symbolist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

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