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Parallel I-IV, 2012-2014

Harun Farocki
Le Peintre Ker-Xavier Roussel et sa fille (The Painter Ker-Xavier Roussel and His Daughter), 1903

Edouard Vuillard
Le Panthéon et Saint-Étienne-du-Mont (The Pantheon and Saint-Étienne-du-Mont), ca. 1903-1906

Raoul Dufy
Over the Edge, 1992

Peter Halley
Santa Cruz Circle, 1997

Richard Long
The Messenger, 1996

Bill Viola
Light Matrix, 2005

Leo Villareal
Wehgeweihtes Kind (Child Consecrated to Suffering), 1935

Paul Klee
Yellow Movie 2/23-24/73, 1973

Tony Conrad

Clyfford Still Collection

1937-8-A, 1937-1938

Clyfford Still

1941-2-C, 1941-1942

Clyfford Still

1945-K, 1945

Clyfford Still

July 1945-R, 1945

Clyfford Still

September 1946, 1946

Clyfford Still

1946-L, 1946

Clyfford Still

1946-N, 1946

Clyfford Still

January 1947, 1947

Clyfford Still

1947-8-A, 1947-1948

Clyfford Still

1947-G, 1947

Clyfford Still

1947-8-W-No. 2, 1947-1948

Clyfford Still

January 1948, 1948

Clyfford Still

July 1948, 1948

Clyfford Still

1948-E, 1948

Clyfford Still

1948-M, 1948

Clyfford Still

1949, 1949

Clyfford Still

1949-C, 1949

Clyfford Still

1949-H, 1949

Clyfford Still

1949-M, 1949

Clyfford Still

January 1950-D, 1950

Clyfford Still

October 1950, 1950

Clyfford Still

November 1950, 1950

Clyfford Still

November 1950-No. 2, 1950

Clyfford Still

1951-E, 1951

Clyfford Still

1951-L-No. 2, 1951

Clyfford Still

November 1953, 1953

Clyfford Still

1954, 1954

Clyfford Still

November 1954, 1954

Clyfford Still

September 1955, 1955

Clyfford Still

1957-D-No. 1, 1957

Clyfford Still

Yellow, jagged-edged forms tear through portions of this mostly matte black canvas. The largest of these forms runs the full height of the painting near its right edge. Each of the yellow streaks includes small areas of white, which most appear in the center of the form, flanked by larger areas of yellow. Three small patches of unpainted canvas are visible near the bottom-left corner.

April 1962, 1962

Clyfford Still

1963-A, 1963

Clyfford Still

Selected Works by Black Artists

Seaman's Belt, 1945

Jacob Lawrence

Return of the Prodigal Son, 1967

Romare Howard Bearden

Disguises of the Muse, 1983

Emilio Cruz

Nightmare and Vision, 1983

Emilio Cruz

Untitled, 1997

Martin Puryear

The Target of Opportunity Gameboard, 1995

Michael Ray Charles

Feeling His Oats, 1988

Robert Colescott

Untitled, 2000

Laylah Ali

Untitled, 2001

Laylah Ali

Bubbel, 2001

Ellen Gallagher

Basketball Drawing, 2001

David Hammons

Speedster tji wara, 2002

Willie Cole

Untitled (Rage) #2, 2002

Glenn Ligon

Adam and Eve, 1972

Valeria Cray-Dihaan

Idea, 2005

Rodney Taylor

Mississippi Gottdam, 2007

Mark Bradford

Bareroot, 2007

Alison Saar

D.C. Pavilion, 2007

Gary Simmons

WESTERN UNION: Small Boats, 2007

Isaac Julien

Street Music, 1950

Norman Wilfred Lewis

#8 from the series Innerspace Continuum, 2003

James G. Pappas

Untitled (Birch Trees), 2010

Rodney Taylor

Challenger Fragments Wall from the series Genesee and Mosell, 2010

McCallum & Tarry

Show Me Where You Brought Me From, Clairborne, Alabama, 1945 (after Mrs. Sarah L. Tarry) from the series Genesee and Moselle, 2010

McCallum & Tarry

Interior: Monet's Blue Foyer, 2012

Mickalene Thomas

Untitled #4, 1973

Howardena Pindell

New York, Night Light, 1977

Howardena Pindell

Free, White and 21, 1980

Howardena Pindell

BLACK SUBJECTS: Still II, 2014

Serge Alain Nitegeka

Civil Tapestry 5, 2012

Theaster Gates

This large-scale wall-mounted sculpture features forty-one sections of fire hose of equal size laid vertically side-by-side. From left to right, the sections of fire hose progressively appear more worn. The dominant color of the fabric gradually transitions from yellow to tones of gray. Some sections of the fire hose are stamped with black letters spelling out the original manufacturer specifications.

Poferd, 2015

Tony Lewis

There's Solid Militia Fashion, but Come On, Domestic Like Focus Always, 2015

SoiL Thornton

Butch Queen, 2016

Mark Bradford

Untitled, ca. 1974

Melvin Edwards

We The People, 2015

Hank Willis Thomas

Untitled (hollow), 2016

Kevin Beasley

Falling Man, 2015

Rashid Johnson

Dear Clifford Rocket, Don't You Want A Home, 2016

SoiL Thornton

Four Idioms on Negro Art #1 Folk, 2015

Kara Elizabeth Walker

Loisaidas LiquorsouL, 2011

Nari Ward

Endless Time, 2017

Stanley Whitney

The Katastwóf Karavan (maquette), 2017

Kara Elizabeth Walker

"The Beautyful Ones" Series #5, 2016

Njideka Akunyili Crosby

Willow within the Form of Prose, 2016

Eric N. Mack

Elements, 2018

Samuel Levi Jones

Big Wheel III, 2018

Arthur Jafa

Speak Louder, 2011

Nick Cave

Sugar Hill Smiles, 2014

Nari Ward

Untitled (New York Series), 1991

Ed Clark

Chalk Fresco A, 2015

Pascale Marthine Tayou

That One, 2018

Deborah Roberts

The Front Lines, 2018

Deborah Roberts

DISHPAN HANDS, 2019

Pat Phillips

Icarus, 1956

Richard Howard Hunt

Wall Painting for a House in New York, 1985

Fab 5 Freddy

The 1920's . . . The Migrants Cast Their Ballots from Kent Bicentennial Portfolio: Spirit of Independence, 1974

Jacob Lawrence

Duck Out of Water from the portfolio America: the third century, 1975

Raymond Jennings Saunders

Workshop, 1972

Jacob Lawrence

Counting, 1991

Lorna Simpson

Eight Etchings, 1994

Vincent DaCosta Smith

African/American, 1998

Kara Elizabeth Walker

Nashira II, 1997

Dawoud Bey

Cotton, 1997

Kara Elizabeth Walker

Dillinger: The Battle at Little Bohemia, 1964

Warrington W. Colescott

Neighbor, 1959

Calvin Burnett

Out At Home! The Negro Baseball League, Volume 1, 1999

Joseph Norman

Runaways, 1993

Glenn Ligon

Untitled (take a giant step), 2001

Lorna Simpson

Cane, 2000

Martin Puryear, Jean Toomer

Emancipation Approximation, 2000

Kara Elizabeth Walker

Untitled from the series Empty Beds, 2002

Zwelethu Mthethwa

Blue Black Boy, 1997

Carrie Mae Weems

Golden Yella Girl, 1997

Carrie Mae Weems

Magenta Colored Girl, 1997

Carrie Mae Weems

Red Bone Boy, 1997

Carrie Mae Weems

American Gothic, Washington, D.C., 1942 (lifetime print)

Gordon Parks

I AM YOU, 1947-1967 (published 2017)

Gordon Parks

Resurrection Story with Patrons, 2017

Kara Elizabeth Walker

Zonk'zizwe, Green Market Square, Cape Town from the series Somnyama Ngonyama (Hail the Dark Lioness), 2017

Zanele Muholi

Fezekile IV, Cincinnati from the series Somnyama Ngonyama (Hail the Dark Lioness), 2016

Zanele Muholi

Misiwe III, Bijlmer, Amsterdam from the series Somnyama Ngonyama (Hail the Dark Lioness), 2017

Zanele Muholi

Self-Portrait, 1941

Horace Pippin

Going to Work, 1943

Jacob Lawrence

Brown Shack, ca. 1989

Beverly Buchanan

Seagrass Shack, 1989

Beverly Buchanan

White Power, 1994

Michael Ray Charles

MARGINALIA JUVENILIA, 1987

Nayland Blake

No image available,
but we’re working on it

Diaphanous, Semi-transparent Silk, 2018

Eric N. Mack

Tunnel VII-Studio Study VII 2, 2014

Serge Alain Nitegeka

No image available,
but we’re working on it

Olympic Art Poster 1972, 1971

Jacob Lawrence

Olympic Art Poster 1972, 1971

Peter Phillips

Dream of Exile, 1971

Romare Howard Bearden

Tidings, 1973

Romare Howard Bearden

Pepper Jelly Lady from Presidential Portfolio, 1980

Romare Howard Bearden

Untitled from the portfolio Artifacts at the End of a Decade, 1981

Sonia Katchian

Black Cats Go Off, 1994

Michael Ray Charles

Sans titre (Untitled), 1953-1957 (printed posthumously)

Seydou Keïta

Arena #19, 1985

Sam Gilliam

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Collection Highlights

Parallel I-IV, 2012-2014

Le Peintre Ker-Xavier Roussel et sa fille (The Painter Ker-Xavier Roussel and His Daughter), 1903

Le Panthéon et Saint-Étienne-du-Mont (The Pantheon and Saint-Étienne-du-Mont), ca. 1903-1906

Over the Edge, 1992

Santa Cruz Circle, 1997

The Messenger, 1996

Light Matrix, 2005

Wehgeweihtes Kind (Child Consecrated to Suffering), 1935

Yellow Movie 2/23-24/73, 1973

Clyfford Still Collection

Selected Works by Black Artists

Collection Timeline

Buffalo AKG Art Museum Collection Handbook

The Impressionist Revolution and the Advent of Abstract Art