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Black Dolls: Unique African American Dolls, 1850–1930
Located in London, GB
their charge. The dolls portray young and old African Americans, playful boys and girls, well-dressed
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Books

Materials

Paper

Antique Victorian Bisque Doll Black African American Cloth Body
Located in Dayton, OH
Unique antique 19th century African American (possibly mulatto?) doll with bisque head and hands
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Toys and Dolls

Materials

Ceramic, Fabric

"Girl with Doll" Charles Sprague Pearce, American Impressionism, Figurative
By Charles Sprague Pearce
Located in New York, NY
warm climate of the Mediterranean region. Visiting North Africa with fellow American artist Frederick A
Category

1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, 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

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

Multicolor Bakelite Long Necklace with Articulated Crib Toy Doll Pendant, 1940s
Located in Atlanta, GA
, soldiers, and black American or African-inspired characters. There was a huge fascination for anything
Category

Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Brass

MAN Signed Woodcut, Face Portrait, Paper-Doll Cutout People, Mexican Culture
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
African American artists who would go on to equally illustrative careers, including Robert Blackburn
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"Guys and Dolls" Broadway Revival Cast, Color 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Portrait Gallery, the Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Smithsonian Archives of
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1990s Pop Art Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Eyes Sees America
By Della Wells
Located in Milwaukee, WI
watermelon, a stereotype of African Americans. A church is pictured behind the watermelon and above it there
Category

1990s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Paper

Color Iris Photo Print Conceptual Cartoon Toy Doll Figurine Photograph Todd Gray
By Todd Gray
Located in Surfside, FL
. He was in the important show at Kunsthal KAdE of African American artists. Beauford Delaney, Romare
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1990s Conceptual Animal Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Color

"America's Nightmares, " Original Pastel Drawing signed by Della Wells
By Della Wells
Located in Milwaukee, WI
piece in the lower right. The work depicts three African American figures in an indeterminate garden
Category

1990s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Paper

"America, How Does Your Garden Grow?" Pastel signed by Della Wells
By Della Wells
Located in Milwaukee, WI
National Museum of African American History and culture.
Category

1990s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Paper

Cranston Richie
By Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Located in New York, NY
marriage of an injured Civil War veteran and an African-American woman. The marriage theme suggests another
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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

Memory Vases Jugs Early 20th Century Folk Art, Pair
Located in Vienna, AT
as a form of domestic craft with ties to African and African-American burial practices. Traditionally
Category

Antique Early 1900s Austrian Arts and Crafts Vases

Materials

Brass

Romantic Pastel Jester Clown Figure Nature Expressionism Female Artist Signed
By Della Wells
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Museum of African American History and culture.
Category

1990s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Paper

"Melon Scope, " Original Pastel Drawing signed by Della Wells
By Della Wells
Located in Milwaukee, WI
for a stereotype of African Americans. Two serpent-like large leaves flank her, each with a single eye
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1990s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

"The Drowning of Brother Tony, " Original Pastel Drawing signed
By Della Wells
Located in Milwaukee, WI
signed the piece in the lower right. In this pastel, an alligator-like creature with an African American
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Paper

A Beautiful Day
By Nellie Mae Rowe
Located in Missouri, MO
A Beautiful Day, 1978 by Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900-1982) Unframed: 9" x 12" Framed: 11.25" x
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20th Century Folk Art Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Pastel, Paper, Graphite

"Green Rhythms, Melon Dreams" Pastel on paper signed
By Della Wells
Located in Milwaukee, WI
collages are sold at the National Museum of African American History and culture.
Category

1990s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Paper

Wedding (Authenticated Clementine Hunter Framed Black Folk Art Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
for Hunter. She was the first African-American artist to have a solo exhibition at the Delgado Museum
Category

1960s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Cousin Mammy Grasp Your Mind, " Original Pastel Drawing signed by Della Wells
By Della Wells
Located in Milwaukee, WI
African Americans. Two examples of this are the watermelon on the girl's head and the alligator, as in the
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

"Magic, " Original Pastel and Pencil Drawing Landscape signed by Della Wells
By Della Wells
Located in Milwaukee, WI
wedge, referring to the stereotypes of African Americans. The sky is filled with gestural, expressive
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1990s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Pencil

Large Format Polaroid Photograph Color Photo David Levinthal Black Americana Art
By David Levinthal
Located in Surfside, FL
African American Blackface iron toys from his provocative, controversial photo series. This body of work
Category

1990s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color, Polaroid

Walter Midener "Contemplation" Seated Figure Clay Sculpture Mid-Century Modern
Located in Detroit, MI
McGee (nationally recognized African American sculptor of animal and dancing spirits), Philip Pearlstein
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Clay

Doctor or Patient
By Ruth Owens
Located in New Orleans, LA
Respond to the New Orleans Baby Dolls,” 2015, at the McKenna Museum of African American Art, “Imago Mundi
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Umbrella Woman, " a Pastel signed by Della Wells
By Della Wells
Located in Milwaukee, WI
African American History and culture.
Category

1990s Folk Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

"Spiritual Bounds, " Original Pastel Drawing Portrait signed by Della Wells
By Della Wells
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Museum of African American History and culture.
Category

1990s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

David and Sweet Ann
By Ruth Owens
Located in New Orleans, LA
McKenna Museum of African American Art, “Imago Mundi: New Orleans: Repatriation,” Prospect.3 Adjunct at
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Last Dance (study)
By Ruth Owens
Located in New Orleans, LA
Respond to the New Orleans Baby Dolls,” 2015, at the McKenna Museum of African American Art, “Imago Mundi
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

Casein

Wally and Husband (study)
By Ruth Owens
Located in New Orleans, LA
Respond to the New Orleans Baby Dolls,” 2015, at the McKenna Museum of African American Art, “Imago Mundi
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Casein

Gravida 7, Para 3
By Ruth Owens
Located in New Orleans, LA
Respond to the New Orleans Baby Dolls,” 2015, at the McKenna Museum of African American Art, “Imago Mundi
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

Tante Tilly
By Ruth Owens
Located in New Orleans, LA
Respond to the New Orleans Baby Dolls,” 2015, at the McKenna Museum of African American Art, “Imago Mundi
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

How?
By Ruth Owens
Located in New Orleans, LA
Respond to the New Orleans Baby Dolls,” 2015, at the McKenna Museum of African American Art, “Imago Mundi
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

How?
How?
H 18 in W 18 in
That Beauty Queen
By Ruth Owens
Located in New Orleans, LA
Respond to the New Orleans Baby Dolls,” 2015, at the McKenna Museum of African American Art, “Imago Mundi
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Half Brothers
By Ruth Owens
Located in New Orleans, LA
Respond to the New Orleans Baby Dolls,” 2015, at the McKenna Museum of African American Art, “Imago Mundi
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Family Group
By George Morland
Located in Fairlawn, OH
doll on a chair in the exact same pose. The second painting entitled The Tea Garden (Tate Gallery
Category

1790s English School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Family Group
Family Group
H 6.38 in W 9.5 in
1988 Patrick Kelly 'Dice' Jacket
By Patrick Kelly
Located in New York, NY
African-American designer but is well known as the first American designer to be admitted to the Chambre
Category

1980s American Bolero Jackets

Spool cotton colors
By Vanessa German
Located in New York, NY
Collection, David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and
Category

2010s Mixed Media

Materials

Found Objects, Tar, Acrylic

workhorse
By Vanessa German
Located in New York, NY
Collection, David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and
Category

2010s Mixed Media

Materials

Found Objects, Tar, Acrylic

workhorse
workhorse
H 67 in W 30 in D 20 in
an ease to the sorrow
By Vanessa German
Located in New York, NY
Collection, David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and
Category

2010s Mixed Media

Materials

Found Objects, Tar, Acrylic

sometimes i want to kill you #2
By Vanessa German
Located in New York, NY
Collection, David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and
Category

2010s Mixed Media

Materials

Found Objects, Tar, Acrylic

Cream crackers
By Vanessa German
Located in New York, NY
Collection, David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and
Category

2010s Mixed Media

Materials

Acrylic, Found Objects, Tar

Cream crackers
Cream crackers
H 74 in W 23 in D 36 in
Easily Removed and Replaced for Washing
By Vanessa German
Located in New York, NY
the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Snite Museum of Art, among
Category

2010s Assemblage Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

no admittance apply at office
By Vanessa German
Located in New York, NY
the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Snite Museum of Art, among
Category

2010s Assemblage Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Yoruba Wooden Stool
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
prolific tribes of Sub-Saharan Africa. They are centred in southwestern Nigeria, with a significant
Category

Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Yoruba Wooden Stool
Yoruba Wooden Stool
H 12 in W 11.5 in D 11.5 in
African Doll
By Marie Cofalka
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MARIE COFALKA "AFRICAN DOLL" OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED AMERICAN, C.1950 24 X 12 INCHES
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Offset

African Doll
By Marie Cofalka
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MARIE COFALKA "AFRICAN DOLL" OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED AMERICAN, C.1950 24 X 12 INCHES
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, 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

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

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, 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

"Dolly - Flower Woman" ELDERLY BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN FLOWER VENDOR SMOKING PIPE
By Elizabeth Verner
Located in San Antonio, TX
painter, achieving note for representing African American subjects in ennobled likenesses. The death of
Category

1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pastel

"Blue Gal, " Original Pastel Portrait Drawing signed by Della Wells
By Della Wells
Located in Milwaukee, WI
textures found in nature. She also uses her studies in psychology, sociology, African American and women's
Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

"In Darkness Grasp...Flowers Bloom, " Original Pastel signed by Della Wells
By Della Wells
Located in Milwaukee, WI
psychology, sociology, African American and women's studies to shape ideas for her work. Della Wells is an
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

"Marie, " Oil Pastel Portrait Drawing signed by Della Wells
By Della Wells
Located in Milwaukee, WI
found in nature. She also uses her studies in psychology, sociology, African American and women's
Category

Early 2000s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel

"Circus Dreams...Muted Screams, " original pastel drawing by Della Wells
By Della Wells
Located in Milwaukee, WI
and rich textures found in nature. She also uses her studies in psychology, sociology, African
Category

1990s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Farm Houses
Located in New Orleans, LA
Art is named for Hunter. She was the first African-American artist to have a solo exhibition at the
Category

1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood

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