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Kim Alexis Newton, American (b. 1972). Embraced Promises, 2020. Cotton, Indonesian Batik cotton, fabric fusing, and quilting, 54 x 44 inches. Courtesy of Anne Devereux-Mills and David Mills. Photo courtesy John W. Hans Library Guide Black and African American Artists of the Kansas City Region

Resource List | 2021 In conjunction with the exhibition, Testimony: African American Artists Collective, the library presents this list of materials for further exploration. We have included resources about the artists in the featured exhibition as well as Black and African American artists whose work is in the museum’s permanent collection. We’ve also included a survey of titles which looks broadly at African American Art and culture, which will be on display in the library throughout the exhibition.

If you have questions, please contact the reference staff at the Spencer Art Reference Library (telephone 816-751-1216). Library hours and services are listed on the Museum’s website at https://nelson- atkins.org/library/

Selected by: Roberta Wagener | Specialist, Access Services

African American Artists Collective Michelle Monette Beasley African American Artists Collective. Home “Michelle Beasley” Plaza Art Fair, Accessed Page. Accessed May 27, 2021. June 10, 2021. https://www.aaackc.org/ https://www.plazaartfair.com/pinnacle-flight- artists Martin, James. “African American Artists Collective: Advocating for Black Art in Exhibits “Michelle Beasley,” African American Artists and Commissions, Group Members are Making Collective. Accessed June 10, 2021. Their Mark on the KC Arts Scene,” KC Studio, https://www.aaackc.org/bio-s v. 10, no. 5, (September/October 2018), pg. 92- 95. LeRoy Beasley Call No: Serials KC Studio “J. LeRoy Beasley” Plaza Art Fair, Accessed June 10, 2021. Individual Artists https://www.plazaartfair.com/pinnacle-flight- Tyrone Aiken artists “Tyrone Aiken,” African American Artists Collective. Accessed June 10, 2021. “J. LeRoy Beasley,” African American Artists https://www.aaackc.org/bio-s Collective. Accessed June 10, 2021. https://www.aaackc.org/bio-s

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Charles A. Bibbs Taylor Renee Brown “Charles Bibbs,”African American Artists “Taylor Brown,” African American Artists Collective. Accessed June 10, 2021. Collective. Accessed June 10, 2021. https://www.aaackc.org/bio-s https://www.aaackc.org/bio-s

CBibbs.com Home Page. Accessed June 11, J. T. Daniels 2021 J.T. Daniels Art, “About,” Accessed June 8, https://www.cbibbs.com/ 2021. https://www.jtdanielsart.com/about/contact Nedra Bonds Nedra Bonds: Artist File, Spencer Art Reference Mcleay, Allison. “Kansas City Muralist J.T. Library, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Daniels Makes Art that Reflects and Celebrates Call No: Artists Files the Community,” The Kansas City Star, August 12, 2019. Accessed June 8, 2021. “Nedra Bonds: The Angry Quilter,” BBC News. https://www.kansascity.com/spaces/article233 September 25, 2016. Accessed June 8, 2021. 795812.html https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine- 37450269 Trafton, Robin. “J.T. Daniels Enlivens KC Streetcar Stop with ‘Wait Here’,” Art in the Janovy, C.J. “After Kicking Cancer, Kansas City Loop, Accessed June 8, 2021. Artist Nedra Bonds Shows Her Life’s Work,” https://www.artintheloop.com/2017/09/01/j- KCUR. February 9, 2017. Accessed June 8, t-daniels-enlivens-kc-streetcar-stop-with-wait- 2021. here/ https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2017-02- 09/after-kicking-cancer-kansas-city-artist-nedra- Ramona Davis bonds-shows-her-lifes-work Howard-Williams, Chris. “Ramona Davis: Women Who Lead in the Arts,” UMKC Michael Brantley Women’s Center Blog, October 17, 2018. “Rhythm & Hues: Michael Brantley,” Michael Accessed June 8, 2021. Brantley: Fine Art /Prints. Accessed https://info.umkc.edu/womenc/2018/10/17/r June 8, 2021. amona-davis-women-who-lead-in-the-arts/ https://www.michaelbrantleyart.com/ “Ramona Davis,” African American Artists Marso, Andy. “KCK Artist Struggles to Stay Collective. Accessed June 11, 2021. Insured as Disease Could Rob Him of His https://www.aaackc.org/bio-s Eyesight,” The Kansas City Star, April 14, 2019. Accessed June 8, 2021. “R.E. Davis: Creative, Advocate, Collector, https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/h Founder.” Home Page. Accessed June 11, 2021. ealth-care/article228839814.html https://www.redavis-art.com/

Larry Poncho Brown Najee Dorsey “The Art of Poncho,” Home Page. Accessed “Najee Dorsey,” African American Artists June 11, 2021. Collective. Accessed June 11, 2021. http://theartofponcho.com/bio/ https://www.aaackc.org/bio-s

“Larry Poncho Brown,” African American Artists Najee Dorsey.com, Home Page. Accessed June Collective. Accessed June 11, 2021. 11, 2021. https://www.aaackc.org/bio-s https://najeedorsey.com/

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Gural, Natasha. “’Black Art in America’ Thrives RHalePhoto.com. Home Page. Accessed June with Zadig & Voltaire Collaboration, Museum 11, 2021. Gifts, and Founder’s Solo Show,” Forbes, https://www.rhalefoto.com/ December 29, 2020. Accessed June 11, 2021. https://www.forbes.com/sites/natashagural/20 Juliette Hemingway 21/12/29/black-art-in-america-thrives-with- “Hemingway Studios: Featuring the Work of zadig--voltaire-collaboration-museum-gifts-and- Juliette Hemingway,” Home Page, Accessed founders-solo-show/?sh=57ff01343670 June 10, 2021. https://hemingwaystudios.com/ Gerald D. Dunn “Gerald D. Dunn,”African American Artists “Art and Autism with Juliette Hemingway,” Collective. Accessed June 11, 2021. Fun Magazine, Accessed June 10, 2021. https://www.aaackc.org/bio-s https://www.coloradofunguide.com/art- autism-with-juliette-hemingway/ Ed Dwight Ed Dwight: Artist File, Spencer Art Reference Kimberlyn Jones Library, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. “Kimberlyn Jones,” African American Artists Call No: Artists Files Collective. Accessed June 11, 2021. https://www.aaackc.org/bio-s “Ed Dwight: Sculptor & Historian,” Accessed June 8, 2021. Clarissa Knighten https://www.eddwight.com/ Clarissa Knighten: Artist File, Spencer Art Reference Library, The Nelson-Atkins Museum Everett Freeman of Art. “Evertt Freeman,” African American Artists Call No: Artists Files Collective. Accessed June 11, 2021. https://www.aaackc.org/bio-s Smith, Harold, “Artist to Watch: Clarissa Knighten,” KC Studio, March 3, 2021. Diallo Javonne French http://kcstudio.org/artist-to-watch-clarissa- Diallo Javonne French: Artist File, Spencer Art knighten/ Reference Library, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Rissa’s Artistic Design, “Clarissa Knighten: Call No: Artists Files Jewelry Designer,” Accessed June 9, 2021. https://www.rissasartisticdesign.com/about Javonne Films & Photography, Home Page, Accessed June 9, 2021. Tracy Milsap https://www.javonnefilms.com/ Caines Coggswell, Gladys. Stories from the Heart: ’s African American Heritage. Columbia: Hoedel, Cindy. “IN Conversation with Diallo University of Missouri Press, 2009. Javonne French,” IN Kansas City. Accessed June Available at Kansas City Public Library and 9, 2021. Mid-Continent Public Library. https://www.inkansascity.com/innovators- influencers/people/in-conversation-with-diallo- Sherry Lyn Mirador javonne-french/ “Sherry Lyn Mirador,” African American Artists Collective. Accessed June 11, 2021. Robert Hale https://www.aaackc.org/bio-s “Robert Hale,” African American Artists Collective. Accessed June 10, 2021. https://www.aaackc.org/bio-s

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Dean Mitchell Kim Alexis Newton Dean Mitchell: Artist File, Spencer Art “Kim Newton,” African American Artists Reference Library, The Nelson-Atkins Museum Collective. Accessed June 11, 2021. of Art. https://www.aaackc.org/bio-s Call No: Artists Files “Kim Alexis Newton,” Home Page, Accessed Dean Mitchell Studio, Home Page, Accessed June 11, 2021. June 9, 2021. https://kimalexisnewton.com/ https://deanmitchellstudio.com/ Glenn A. North, Jr. Hunter, Anne Marie, “The Art of Dean “Glenn North,” African American Artists Mitchell, EthnicArt Gallery,” KC Studio, May 22, Collective. Accessed June 11, 2021. 2018. Accessed June 9, 2021. https://www.aaackc.org/bio-s http://kcstudio.org/the-art-of-dean-mitchell- ethnicart-gallery/ “Glenn North: Kansas City,” Home Page, Accessed June 11, 2021. Arie Dee Monroe https://www.glennnorthpoetry.com/ “Arie Monroe,” African American Artists Collective. Accessed June 10, 2021. Wilson, Calvin. “Glenn North: Truth Teller,” https://www.aaackc.org/bio-s KC Studio, March 12, 2018; Accessed June 11, 2021. Arie Monroe Art, Home Page, Accessed June http://kcstudio.org/glenn-north-truth-teller/ 11, 2021. https://www.ariemonroeart.com/ Michael Tjon Patton “Michael Patton.,” African American Artists Joseph A. Newton Collective. Accessed June 10, 2021. The Newton Gallery, “About the Artist,” https://www.aaackc.org/bio-s Accessed June 10, 2021. https://www.thenewtongallery.com/Artist Jason D. Piggie Jason D. Piggie: Artist File, Spencer Art “Joseph Newton, Jr.,” African American Artists Reference Library, The Nelson-Atkins Museum Collective. Accessed June 10, 2021. of Art. https://www.aaackc.org/bio-s Call No: Artists Files

Joseph Tyler Newton “Jason Piggie,” African American Artists Collective. Joseph T. Newton: Artist File, Spencer Art Accessed June 10, 2021. Reference Library, The Nelson-Atkins Museum https://www.aaackc.org/bio-s of Art. Call No: Artists Files Lisa Shephard Shepard, Lisa. “Cultured Expressions: Home Martin, James. “Artist to Watch: Joseph T. Page,” Accessed July 22, 2021. Newton,” KC Studio, May 17, 2019. Accessed https://www.culturedexpressions.com/about- June 10, 2021. lisa http://kcstudio.org/artist-to-watch-joseph-t- newton/ Shepard, Lisa. Global Expressions: Decorating with Fabrics from Around the World. Krause The Newton Gallery, “About the Artist,” Publications, 2011. Accessed June 10, 2021. https://www.thenewtongallery.com/Artist

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Harold David Smith Jason Wilcox “Harold Smith,” African American Artists “Jason Wilcox,” ArtsKCGo.com. Accessed June Collective. Accessed June 10, 2021. 10, 2021. https://www.aaackc.org/bio-s https://www.artskcgo.com/artist/jason- wilcox/ “Harold Smith Art,” Home Page, Accessed June 11, 2021. “Jason Wilcox,” African American Artists http://www.haroldsmithart.com/ Collective. Accessed June 10, 2021. https://www.aaackc.org/bio-s Spencer, Laura. “This Kansas City Artist Paints to Make Black Men More Visible,” KC Studio, Selected Black and African American Artists August 30, 2019. Accessed June 11, 2021. in the Nelson-Atkins Collection https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2019-08- Radcliffe Bailey 30/this-kansas-city-artist-paints-to-make-black- Thompson, Carol, and René Paul Barilleaux. men-more-visible Radcliffe Bailey: Memory as Medicine. : High Museum of Art, 2011. David Stevens Call No: BAILEY RADCLIFFE N6537 .B158 A4 “David Stevens,” African American Artists 2011 Collective. Accessed June 10, 2021. https://www.aaackc.org/bio-s Moos, David. Radcliffe Bailey: The Magic City. Birmingham: Birmingham Museum of Art, 2001. Sara Sonié-Joi Thompson-Ruffin Call No: BAILEY RADCLIFFE N6537 .B158 A4 Thorson, Alice. “The Nelson-Atkins Museum 2001 of Art Acquires Powerful Quilt by Sara Sonié Joi Thompson-Ruffin,” KC Studio, September Romare Bearden 22, 2020. Accessed June 10, 2021. Fine, Ruth and Mary Lee Corlett. The Art of Romare http://kcstudio.org/the-nelson-atkins-museum- Bearden. Washington: in association with H.N Abrams, Inc., 2003. of-art-acquires-powerful-quilt-by-sara-sonie-joi- Call No: BEARDEN N6537 .B4 A4 2003 thompson-ruffin/ Bearden, Romare. Romare Bearden in the Modernist “Sonie Joi Thompson-Ruffin,” African American Tradition. New York: Romare Bearden Artists Collective. Accessed July 22, 2021. Foundation, 2008. https://www.aaackc.org/bio-s Call No: BEARDEN N6537 .B4 B43 2003

Michael Toombs O’Meally, Robert G. The Romare Bearden Reader. Michael V. Toombs: Artist File, Spencer Art Durham: Duke University Press, 2019. Reference Library, The Nelson-Atkins Museum Call No: BEARDEN N6537 .B4 R665 2019 of Art. Call No: Artists Files Dawoud Bey Witkovsky, Matthew S., Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, and Martin, James. “Kansas City Artist Michael Dawoud Bey. Dawoud Bey: U.S.A. Chicago: Toombs Spearheads New Brown v. Board of , 2012. Education Mural in Topeka,” KC Studio, v. 10 TR680.B48 D49 2012 BEY DAWOUD no. 5 (September/October 2018), pg. 108-111. Call No: Serials

“Michael Toombs,” Charlotte Street, Accessed June 8, 2021. https://charlottestreet.org/michael-toombs/

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Dawoud Bey continued Kirschke, Amy Helene. Aaron Douglas: Art, Race Platt, Ron. Dawoud Bey: The Birmingham Project. and the . Jackson: University Birmingham: Birmingham Museum of Art, 2013. Press of Mississippi, 1995. Call No: BEY DAWOUD TR647 .B4978 A4 Call No: DOUGLAS N6537 .D62 K57 1995 2013 LaToya Ruby Frazier . Dawoud Bey: Portraits 1975– Frazier, LaToya Ruby. The Notion of Family. New 1995. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1995. York: Aperture Foundation, 2014. Call No: BEY TR680 .B48 D38 1995 Call No: FRAZIER LATOYA RUBY TR681 .F28 F73 2014 Herzog, Melanie Anne. Elizabeth Catlett: An Glenalvon J. Goodridge American Artist in Mexico. : University of Jezierski, John Vincent. Enterprising Images: The Washington Press, 2000. Goodridge Brothers, African American Photographers, Call No: CATLETT N6537 .C355 H47 2000 1847-1922. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2000. Lewis, Samella. The Art of Elizabeth Catlett. Call No: TR 139 .J48 2000 GOODRIDGE Claremont: Hancraft Studios, 1984. FAMILY Call No: N44 C476 .L48 1984 Loïs Mailou Jones Nick Cave Hanzal, Carla M., et al. Loїs Mailou Jones: A Life in Caruso, Laura, ed. Sojourn: Nick Cave. : Vibrant Color. Charlotte: Mint Museum of Art, Denver Art Museum, 2013. 2009. Call No: CAVE NICK N6537 .C38 A4 2013 Call No: JONES LOIS MAILOU ND237 .J766 A4 2009 Cave, Nick, Kenneth J Foster, Kate Eilertsen, Dan Cameron and Pamela McClusky. Meet Me at Benjamin, Tritobia Hayes. The Life and Art of Loїs the Center of the Earth. San Francisco: Yerbe Mailou Jones. San Francisco: Pomegrante Art Buena Center for the Arts, 2009. Books, 1994. Call No: CAVE NICK N6537 .C38 A4 2009 Call No: JONES LOIS MAILOU ND237 .J766 B46 1994 Roy DeCarava DeCarava, Roy, Peter Galassi, and Sherry Turner Jacob Lawrence DeCarava. Roy DeCarava, a Retrospective. New York: Hills, Patricia, and Jacob Lawrence. Harlem , 1996. Modern: The Art of Jacob Lawrence. Berkeley: TR 647 .D43 A4 1996 DECARAVA University of California Press, 2009. Call No: ND 237 .L29 H55 2009 LAWRENCE Alinder, James, ed. Roy DeCarava, Photographs. Carmel: Friends of Photography, 1981. Nesbett, Peter T., Michelle DuBois, and Patricia Call No: DECARAVA TR647 .D43 R69 1981 Hills. Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence. Seattle, WA: Aaron Douglas Press in association with Jacob Lawrence Earle, Susan Elizabeth; Renée Ater, Stephanie Fox Catalogue Raisonne ́ Project, 2000. Knappe. Aaron Douglas: African-American Modernist. Call No: ND 237 .L29 A4 2000 LAWRENCE New Haven: Yale University Press; Lawrence: in association with Spencer Museum of Art, Dickerman, Leah, et al. Jacob Lawrence: The University of Kansas, 2007. Migration Series. New York: The Museum of Call No: DOUGLAS N6537 .D62 A4 2007 Modern Art; Washington: , 2015. Call No: LAWRENCE ND237 .L29 A4 2015

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Herman Leonard Betye Irene Saar Leonard, Herman, David Wallace , and Carpenter, Jane H. Betye Saar. San Francisco: Jenny Bagert. Jazz, Giants, and Journeys: The Pomegrante, 2003. Photography of Herman Leonard. London: Scala, 2006. Call No: SAAR BETYE N6537 .S2 C37 2003 TR 680 .L458 2006 LEONARD HERMAN Lorna Simpson Kerry James Marshall Enwezor, Okwui, Helaine Posner, et al. Lorna Alteveer, Ian, et al. Kerry James Marshall: Mastry, Simpson. New York: Abrams, in association with Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art the American Federation of Arts, 2006. Chicago; New York: Skira Rizzoli Publications, Call No: SIMPSON LORNA TR820.5 .S55 E58 2016. 2006 Call No.: MARSHALL KERRY JAMES ND237.M24623 A4 2016 Simon, Joan. Lorna Simpson. New York: Prestel, 2013. Bartels, Kathleen S. and Jeff Wall. Kerry James Call No: SIMPSON LORNA N6537 .S555 A4 Marshall. Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 2013 2010. Call No: MARSHALL KERRY JAMES Renee Stout ND237 .M24623 A4 2010 Owen-Workman, Michelle A., and Stephen Bennett Phillips. Readers, Advisors, and Storefront Manchanda, Catharina, Jacqueline Francis, Churches: Reneé Stout, a Mid-Career Retrospective. Lowery Stokes Sims. Figuring History: Robert Kansas City, MO: University of Missouri-Kansas Colescott, Kerry James Marshall, . City, Belger Arts Center for Creative Studies, New Haven: Published by the Seattle Art 2002. Museum in association with Yale University Call No: N 6537 .S77 A4 2002 STOUT Press, 2018. Call No: ND238 .N5 F54 2018 MacGaffey, Wyatt, et al. Astonishment and Power. Washington: Published for the National Museum of African Art by the Smithsonian Institution Parks, Gordon. Gordon Parks: Collected Works. Press, 1993. Gottingen,̈ Germany: Steidl, 2012. Call No: STOUT N6537 .S77 A87 1993 Call No: TR654.P38 G67 2012 PARKS GORDON Henry Ossawa Tanner Marley, Anna O. Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Johnson, Charles. The Photographs of Gordon Parks. Spirit. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Washington: Library of Congress, 2011. Fine Arts; Berkeley: University of California Press, Call No: PARKS GORDON TR820.5 .P365 P46 2012. 2011 Call No: TANNER ND237 .T33 A4 2012

Martin Puryear Mosby, Dewey F. Across Continents and Cultures: The Puryear, Martin, and John Elderfield. Martin Art and Life of Henry Ossawa Tanner. Kansas City: Puryear. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2007. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1995. NB 237 .P84 A4 2007 PURYEAR Call No: TANNER ND237 .T33 A4 1995 Benezra, Neal David, and Martin Puryear. Martin Puryear. New York, N.Y.: Thames and Hudson, Hank Willis Thomas 1991. Lewis, Sarah Elizabeth, et al. Hank Willis Thomas: Call No: N44 P858 .B46 1991 All Thing Being Equal…New York: Aperture Foundation, 2018. Call No: THOMAS HANK WILLIS N6537 .T49 A4 2018

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James Van Der Zee Kehinde Wiley Willis, Deborah, and Rodger C. Birt. VanDerZee, Golden, Thelma, et al. Kehinde Wiley. Photographer, 1886–1983. New York: H.N. Abrams, New York: Rizzoli, 2012. 1993. Call No: WILEY KEHINDE ND237 .W665 Call No: TR 681 .A4 W64 1993 VAN DER ZEE W55 2012 Westerbeck, Colin, Dawoud Bey, and James Van Der Zee. The James Van Der Zee Studio. Chicago, Tsai, Eugenie. Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic. Ill: Art Institute of Chicago, 2004. Brooklyn: ; New York: In TR 647 .V26 A4 2004 VAN DER ZEE association with DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2015. Call No: WILEY KEHINDE ND237 .W6654 Kara Walker 2015 Berry, Ian; Darby English, Vivian Patterson and Mark Reinhardt. Kara Walker: Narratives of a Fred Wilson Negress. Saratoga Springs: The Frances Young Globus, Doro, and Fred Wilson. Fred Wilson: A Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Critical Reader. London: Ridinghouse, 2011. Skidmore College; Williamstown: William Call No: N 6537 .W546 A35 2011 WILSON College Museum of Art; Cambridge: The MIT FRED Press, 2003. Call No: WALKER N6537 .W236 A4 2003 General Resources Farrington, Lisa E. Creating Their Own Image: The Dixon, Annette, Robert F. Reid-Pharr, and History of African-American Women Artists. Oxford: . Kara Walker: Pictures from Oxford University Press, 2005. Another Time. Ann Arbor: University of Call No: N6538 .N5 F37 2005 Michigan Museum of Art, 2002. Call No: WALKER N6537 .W236 A4 2002 jeg̣ eḍ e,̣ dele. Encyclopedia of African American Artists. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2009. Carrie Mae Weems Call No: Reading Room N6538 .N5 J44 2009 Delmez, Kathryn E. Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video. Nashville, TN: Lewis, Samella S. African American Art and Artists. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, 2012. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003. Call No: TR647.W42 A4 2012 WEEMS Call No: N6538 .N5 L38 2003

Shaw, Gwendolyn DuBois. Represent: 200 Years of Charles White African American Art in the Philadelphia Museum of Adler, Esther and Kerry James Marshall. Charles Art. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; White: A Retrospective. Chicago: The Art Institute of New Haven: in association with Yale University Chicago; New York: The Museum of Modern Art, Press, 2014. 2018. Call No: N6538 .N5 S54 2014 Call No: WHITE CHARLES N6537 .W44 A4

2018 Sims, Lowery Stokes. Common Wealth: Art by

African Americans in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Brownlee, Andrea Barnwell. Charles White. San Boston: MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Francisco: Pomegranate, 2002. Boston, 2015. Call No: WHITE CHARLES N6537 .W44 B37 Call No: N6538 .N5 M87 2015 2002

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Richard J. Powell, and Virginia M. Mecklenburg. African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond. 2012. Call No: N6538 .N5 S59 2012

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Archival Collections – Artists and General Resources Selected by: Christain Hartman | Archives Assistant

Across Continents and Cultures: The Art and Life of Henry Ossawa Tanner, folders 12-13, Series IV, Sub- Series B. Ellen Goheen Files. Record Group 95. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Archives. Kansas City, Missouri.

Across Continents and Cultures: The Art and Life of Henry Ossawa Tanner, folders 27-28, Series II. Office of the Director Records, Marc Wilson Records. Record Group 01/04. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Archives. Kansas City, Missouri.

Department of African Art Records. Record Group 10. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Archives. Kansas City, Missouri.

Department of Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas (AOA) Records. Record Group 11. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Archives. Kansas City, Missouri.

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