Part 1 African American Humanities

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*Realization - Savage, Plaster, ca. 1938 *

Man, meek and cowering beneath his woman. Naked. Vulnerability.

Woman only half naked, not a mammy, not sexualized. Woman’s vulnerability is because of him.

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* Gamin - Savage, Bronze, ca. 1929 *

Looks like a ‘punk’ kid. Not naked, well dressed.Hat turned to the side, attitude.

More realistic because not a pickaninny, but still got an attitude.

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* Lift Every Voice and Sing, Painted Plaster - Savage 1939 *

(16 feet high)Made it as if it’s God’s hand holding a black choir. Slave looking guy holding the notes.

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* James Weldon Johnson - Savage, Painted plaster ca. 1939 *

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* I Have Special Reservations, 1946, Woodcut, Elizabeth Catlett *

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*Tired, Terra Cotta, 1946, Elizabeth Catlett *

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*Homage to Black Women, Mahogany, 1954, Elizabeth Catlett *

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*Mother and Child, Black Marble, 1980, Elizabeth Catlett *

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*Glory, Cast Bronze, 1981, Elizabeth Catlett *

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*Sharecropper, Linocut, 1970, Elizabeth Catlett *

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*Migration of the Negro (Great Migration), No. 1, 1939-40, Casein Tempera on Board, Jacob Lawrence *

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*Migration of the Negro (Great Migration), No. 60, 1939-1940, Casein Tempera on Board, Jacob Lawrence *

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*Harriet Tubman Series, No. 7, 1939-40, Casein Tempera on Board, Jacob Lawrence *

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*The Quilters, Conte Crayon, 1952, John Biggers *

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*The Cradle, Conte Crayon, 1950, John Biggers *

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*Old Couple, Oil on Canvas, 1946, John Biggers *

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*Mother and Child, Oil on Canvas, 1944, John Biggers *

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*The Garbage Man, Oil on Canvas, 1944, John Biggers *

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* Room #5, 1948, Oil on Canvas, Eldzier Cortor *

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* Interior, 1947, Oil on Canvas, Eldzier Cortor *

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* Southern Gate, 1942, Oil on Canvas, Eldzier Cortor *

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*Archibald Motley, Saturday Night, Oil on Canvas, 1935 *

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*Archibald Motley, Blues, Oil on Canvas, 1929 *

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*Archibald Motley, Jockey Club, Oil on Canvas, 1929 *

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*Aaron Douglas, Aspirations, Oil on Canvas, 1936 *

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*Aaron Douglas, Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers, Oil on Canvas, 1934 *

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*Aaron Douglas, Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery to Reconstruction, Oil on Canvas, 1934 *

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*Aaron Douglas, Aspects of Negro Life: Idyll of the Deep South, Oil on Canvas, 1934 *

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*Aaron Douglas, Aspects of Negro Life: The Negro in an African Setting, Oil on Canvas, 1934 *

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*Mob Victim (Meditation), 1944, Oil on Canvas, Lois Mailou Jones *

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*The Awakening of Ethiopia - Fuller, Bronze, ca. 1914 *

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*Mary Turner - Fuller, Painted plaster, 1919 *

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*Talking Skull - Fuller, Bronze 1937 *

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*The Return of the Soldier, Pen and Ink, 1946, Charles White *

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*I Have a Dream, Lithograph, 1976, Charles White *

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*Cathedral of Life, Ink on Illustration Board, 1967, Charles White *

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*Seed of Heritage, Ink on Illustration Board, 1968, Charles White *

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*Wanted Posted #18, Oil on Illustration, 1972, Charles White *

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*Pool, Oil on Board, 1954, Jacob Lawrence *

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*Pietà - Fuller, Bronze 1930 *