Tour: African American Artists: Collection Highlights

Sir Charles - Barkley Hendricks

Sir Charles, Alias Willie Harris 1972, Barkley Leonard Hendricks 

From the National Gallery of Art:

The Gallery’s collection of American art includes nearly 400 works by African-American artists. This online tour offers commentary on a selection of twenty-two paintings, works on paper, and sculpture ranging from a colonial portrait by Joshua Johnson of Baltimore to modern and contemporary pieces by Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, Alma Thomas, Sam Gilliam, Barkley Hendricks, Willie Cole, Kara Walker, and Lorna Simpson.

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