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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston MFAH Soul of a Nation
Lorraine O’Grady, Art Is… (Girlfriends Times Two), 1983/2009, c-print in 40 parts, edition of 8 + 1 AP, courtesy Alexander Gray Associates, New York. © Lorraine O’Grady / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Image courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston MFAH Soul of a Nation
Elizabeth Catlett, Black Unity, 1968, cedar, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art,Bentonville, Arkansas, 2014.11. Photography by Edward C. Robison III. © Catlett Mora Family Trust / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Image courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston MFAH Soul of a Nation
Wadsworth A. Jarrell, Revolutionary (Angela
Davis), 1971, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, Brooklyn Museum, gift of R.M. Atwater, Anna Wolfrom Dove, Alice Fiebiger, Joseph Fiebiger, Belle Campbell Harriss, and Emma L. Hyde, by exchange, Designated Purchase Fund, Mary Smith Dorward Fund, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, and Carli H. de Silver Fund. © Wadsworth A. Jarrell Image courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston MFAH Soul of a Nation
John Biggers, The Stream Crosses the Path, 1961, oil and tempera on panel, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Mandell. © John T. Biggers Estate / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY, Estate. Represented by Michael Rosenfeld Gallery Image courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston MFAH Soul of a Nation
Emma Amos, Eva the Babysitter, 1973, oil on canvas, courtesy of Emma Amos, the Amos family, and RYAN LEE Gallery. © Emma Amos / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Image courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston