Illustrated Checklist

Curated by William Villalongo and Mark Thomas Gibson International Print Center New York

Contemporary Works

Derrick Adams (American, b.1970) Game Changing (Ace), 2015 Screenprint with gold leaf 30 x 22 inches Published by Lower East Side Printshop, New York. Edition: 16 Courtesy of the Artist and Lower East Side Printshop Image © 2016 Derrick Adams and Lower East Side Printshop Inc.

Laylah Ali (American, b.1968) Untitled, from the Bloody Bits Series, 2004 Three mixed media drawings on paper 9 x 6 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Paul Kasmin Gallery Image © 2016 Laylah Ali

Laylah Ali (American, b.1968) Untitled, from the Bloody Bits Series, 2004 Mixed media on paper 9 x 6 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Paul Kasmin Gallery Image © 2016 Laylah Ali

Laylah Ali (American, b.1968) Untitled, from the Bloody Bits Series, 2004 Mixed media on paper 9 x 6 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Paul Kasmin Gallery Image © 2016 Laylah Ali

Firelei Báez (Dominican, b.1980) The Very Eye of the Night, 2013 Pigmented linen on Abaca base sheet 58 x 31 x ¾ inches Courtesy of the Artist, Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, and Dieu Donné, New York Image © 2016 Firelei Báez and Dieu Donné, New York

Nayland Blake (American, b.1960) Bunny Group, Happiness, 1996–1997 Suite of four graphite and colored pencil drawings on paper 12 x 9 inches each Courtesy the Artist and Matthew Marks Gallery Image © 2016 Nayland Blake

Robert Colescott (American, 1925 – 2009) Lock and Key (State I), 1989 Lithograph 42 x 30 inches Publisher: Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque Edition: 20 Collection of The #menelikwoolcockcollection: Zewditu Menelik, Aron Woolcock,Daniel Woolcock, and Adrian Woolcock Image © 2016 Robert Colescott Renee Cox (Jamaican, b.1960) Chillin with Liberty, 1998 Cibachrome print 60 x 40 x 2 inches Edition: 3 Courtesy of the Artist Image © 2016 Renee Cox

William Downs (American, b.1974) The power of fantastic, 2013 Aquatint and etching 24 x 16 inches Published by the Artist. Edition: 12 Courtesy of the Artist Photo Carina Moravek Image © 2016 William Downs

Ellen Gallagher (American, b.1965) Abu Simbel, 2005 Photogravure, watercolor, colored pencil, varnish, pomade, plasticine, blue fur, gold leaf, and crystals. 24 ½ x 35 ½ inches (unframed) Published by Two Palms, New York Edition: 25 © Ellen Gallagher. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery Image © 2016 Ellen Gallagher

Trenton Doyle Hancock (American, b.1974) A Sweet Hell, 2010 Etching, aquatint, spit bite aquatint and STPI handmade paper 30 x 40 inches Published by Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore. Edition: 8 Courtesy of the Artist and James Cohan Gallery Image © 2016 Trenton Doyle Hancock

Lucia Hierro (Dominican American, b.1987) However Meager from New Yorker Series, 2015 Digital print on silk, and felt 11 ½ x 9 ½ inches Courtesy of the Artist Image © 2016 Lucia Hierro

Yashua Klos (American, b.1977) Plane Study 2, 2015 Woodblock print 25 ¾ x 25 ¾ inches Published by the Artist Edition: 6 Courtesy of the Artist Image © 2016 Yashua Klos

Kerry James Marshall (American, b.1955) Dailies from Rythm Mastr, 2010 Suite of nine silkscreens 24 ¼ x 31 ¾ inches each Courtesy of the Artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York Image © 2016 Kerry James Marshall.

Wangechi Mutu (Kenyan, b. 1972) Snake Eater, 2014 Lithograph, 27 ⅛ x 39 ⅜ inches Published by Edition Copenhagen, Copenhagen Edition: 60 Courtesy of the Artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels

Image © 2016 Wangechi Mutu

Lamar Peterson (American, b.1974) Valuable Lessons #1, 2003 Acrylic on paper, 40 x 31 inches Collection of Jessica and Andrew Freiser Image © 2016 Lamar Peterson

Pope.L (American, b.1955) The Great White Way, 1990 (video still) Video, monitor, and resin. Duration: 6:35 minutes Edition: 5 Courtesy of the Artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York Image © 2016 Pope.L Kenny Rivero (Dominican American, b.1981) Gotham City Screams, Issue #4, Page 12, 2016 Monotype, 24 x 18 inches Courtesy of the Artist Image © 2016 Kenny Rivero

Alexandria Smith (American, b.1981) Summer in Breedlove, 2016 Monoprint, 22 x 30 inches Courtesy of the Artist Image © 2016 Alexandria Smith

Felandus Thames (American, b.1974) I’m Neutral, 2010 Inkjet print, acrylic, and rock salt on museum board 27 ½ x 21 ½ inches Collection of Bernard I. Lumpkin and Carmine D. Boccuzzi Image © 2016 Felandus Thames

Hank Willis Thomas (American, b. 1976) Something to Stand on: The Third Leg, 2007 MDF with polyurethane coat 36 x 30 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York Image © 2016 Hank Willis Thomas photo

Kara Walker (American, b.1969) Alabama Loyalists Greeting the Federal Gun-Boats, from Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated), 2005 Offset lithograph and silkscreen 39 x 53 inches Published by LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies at Columbia University, New York Edition: 35 Courtesy of the Artist, LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, and Sikkema Jenkins & Co. Image © 2016 Kara Walker, courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.

Fred Wilson (American, b.1954) Arise!, 2004 Spit bite aquatint with direct gravure 30 ½ x 34 inches Published by Crown Point Press, San Francisco Edition: 25 Courtesy the Artist and Pace Gallery Image © 2016 Fred Wilson

Historical Works

Case 1: Historical Narratives: Jim Crow, World War II, Vietnam War, Racist Caricatures & Black Power

Black Panther Party (active 1966 – 1982) Counter Attack, May 1970 Newspaper Courtesy of Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University

Elton C. Fax (American, 1909 – 1993) NAACP Poster, 1944 Facsimile poster Courtesy of the Library of Congress

Unknown Ouwa Own Wattamellun Jake, 1960s Newsprint advertisement Courtesy of Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University

Black Panther Party (active 1966 – 1982) Anti-Fascist Front, 1968 – 1969 Newspaper Courtesy of Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University

Case 2: Art As Weapon: Towards an Expansive Black Subjectivity

Wallace Thurman, editor (American, 1902 – 1934) Dust Jacket: Aaron Douglas (American, 1899 – 1979) Richard Bruce Nugent (American, 1906 – 1987) Fire!! A Quarterly Devoted to Younger Negro Artists, 1926 Book and facsimile dust jacket and forward page Published by National Urban League Courtesy of Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University

Countee Cullen (American, 1903 – 1946) Illustrations: Charles Cullen (American, unknown) The Black Christ & Other Poems, 1929 Book and facsimile dust jacket Published by Harper & Brothers Courtesy of William Villalongo

Charles S. Johnson, editor (American, 1893 – 1956) Illustrations: Charles Cullen (American, b. unknown) Ebony & Topaz: A Collectanea, 1927 Book and facsimile dust jacket Published by National Urban League Courtesy of Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University

James Weldon Johnson (American, 1871 – 1938) Dust jacket: Aaron Douglas (American, 1899 – 1979) The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man, 1927 Book and dust jacket Published by Sherman, French, and Company Courtesy of Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University

Wallace Thurman (American, 1902 – 1934) Dust Jacket: Aaron Douglas (American, 1899 – 1979) The Blacker the Berry, 1929 Book and dust jacket Published by The Macaulay Company Courtesy of Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University Art © Heirs of Aaron Douglas/Licensed by VAGA, New York

Case 3: The New Negro and the Road to Self-Definition

Alain LeRoy Locke (American, 1885 – 1954) Illustrations: Winold Reiss (German, 1886 – 1953) The New Negro, 1925 Book and facsimile dust jacket Published by Albert and Charles Boni Courtesy of Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University

Miguel Covarrubias (Mexican, 1904 – 1957) The Negro Drawings, 1927 Book illustration Published by Alfred A. Knopf Courtesy of Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University

Langston Hughes (American, 1902 – 1967) Dust Jacket: Miguel Covarrubias (Mexican, 1904 – 1957) The Weary Blues, 1926 Book and dust jacket

Published by Alfred A. Knopf Courtesy of Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University

W.E.B. Dubois, editor (American, 1868 – 1963) Cover Illustrations: Laura Wheeler Waring (American, 1887 – 1948), Eleanor Paul (American, b. unknown), Aaron Douglas (American 1899 – 1979). The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races, January 3, 1930, April 3, 1923, and May 3, 1930 Published by National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Courtesy of Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University Art © Heirs of Aaron Douglas/Licensed by VAGA, New York

Charles S. Johnson, editor (American, 1893 – 1956) Cover Illustrations: E. Simms Campbell (American, 1906 – 1971), Gwendolyn Bennett (American, 1902 – 1981), Aaron Douglas (American, 1899 – 1979) Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life, December 1, 1925, September 1, 1930, and July 1, 1926, Published by National Urban League Courtesy of Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University Art © Heirs of Aaron Douglas/Licensed by VAGA, New York

Case 4: Art As Weapon: Towards an Expansive Black Subjectivity

E. Simms Campbell (American, 1906 – 1971) Black Dances of the 1930s, Esquire Magazine illustrated editorial 1939 – 1940 Courtesy of Robert Stepto

Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917 – 2000) Fortune Magazine, Migration Series Article, 1941 Collection of Helen Forbes Fields and Darrell A. Fields © 2016 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Charles White (American, 1918 – 1979) Introduction: Harry Belafonte (American, b. 1927) Portfolio 10 / Charles White, 1962 10 offset lithographs based on White’s original drawings

Published by Pro Artis, Los Angeles Courtesy of Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University and Ian White

Case 5: Art As Weapon: Towards an Expansive Black Subjectivity

Gertrude McBrown (American, 1898 – 1989) and Loïs Mailou Jones (American, 1905 – 1998) The Picture Poetry Book, 1935 Book and storyboard art with facsimile dust jacket Published by the Associated Publishers Courtesy of the Carter G. Woodson Collection at Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University Estate of Loïs Mailou Jones

Sadie Iola Daniel (American, 1892 – 1975) Dust Jacket: Loïs Mailou Jones (American, 1905 – 1998) Women Builders, 1931 Book and facsimile dust jacket Published by the Associated Publishers Courtesy of the Carter G. Woodson Collection at Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University Estate of Loïs Mailou Jones

Associated Publishers (1922 – 2005) Negro History Story Hour, 1989 Facsimile photograph Courtesy of Association for the Study of African-American Life & History and the Carter G. Woodson Collection at Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University

Comic Relief: Political Satire, Comic Strips, and Pulp Comics

Oliver Wendell “Ollie” Harrington (American, 1912 – 1995) Dark Laughter series, April 2, 1960 Facsimile comic panel Published by the Pittsburgh Courier Courtesy of Dr. Helma Harrington and the Library of Congress

Jackie Ormes (American, 1911 – 1985) Torchy in Heartbeats, 1953 Newsprint sheet Published by the Pittsburgh Courier

Collection of Nancy Goldstein

Case 6: Comic Relief: Political Satire, Comic Strips, and Pulp Comics

NAACP (founded 1909) Inscription: “Miss Juanita Jackson visiting the Scottsboro Boys,” 1937 Facsimile photograph Courtesy of the Library of Congress

Owen Middleton (American, 1888 – 1954) Handing Down the Verdict - 1st Scottsboro Trial and Free Scottsboro Boys, 1930-1931 Facsimile charcoal drawings Published by the Chicago Tribune Courtesy Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

George Herriman (American, 1880 – 1944) Krazy Kat, 1944 Facsimile comic strips Courtesy of the Library of Congress Krazy Kat © 1944 King Features Syndicate, Inc. World Rights Reserved

Orrin C. Evans (American b. 1902 – 1971) and George J. Evans, Jr. (American, 1911 – 1996) All Negro Comics #1, 1947 Facsimile comic book Published by All-Negro Comics, Inc. Courtesy of William H. Foster

Alvin Hollingsworth (American, 1928 – 2000) Negro Romance #2 , 1950 Reprint Published by Fawcett Comics Courtesy of William H. Foster

Don Arneson (American, b. 1936) and Tony Tallarico (American, b. 1933) Lobo #1, 1965 Paper comic book Published by Dell Comics Courtesy of William H. Foster

Billy Graham (American, 1935 – 1999) Luke Cage: Hero for Hire #13, September 1973

Paper comic book Published by Marvel Comics Courtesy of © MARVEL and William Villalongo

Billy Graham (American, 1935 – 1999) Jungle Action #17, 1975 Paper comic book Published by Marvel Comics Courtesy of © MARVEL and William Villalongo

Dwayne McDuffie (American, 1962 – 2011) Teenage Negro Ninja Thrashers, 1989 Xerox on paper Courtesy of © MARVEL

Dwayne McDuffie (American, 1962 – 2011), Denys Cowan (American, b.1960), Derek T. Dingle (American, b.1961), Michael Davis (American, b. unknown) Static #1, June 1993 Paper comic book Published by Milestone Comics Courtesy of Mark Thomas Gibson

Case 7: Comic Relief: Political Satire, Comic Strips, and Pulp Comics

Emory Douglas (American, b. 1943) The Black Panther Party Newspaper March 9, 1969. V. II No. 25. Courtesy of Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University

Emory Douglas (American, b. 1943) The Black Panther Party Newspaper December 1968. V. II No. 15-17. Courtesy of Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University

Emory Douglas (American, b. 1943) The Black Panther Party Newspaper January 25, 1969. V. II No. 21. Courtesy of Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University

Small Gallery Wall: Pulp Cinema and Music

Chester Himes (American 1909 – 1984), Real Cool Killers, 1960 Second edition book cover Courtesy of Mark Gibson and William Villalongo

Chester Himes (American 1909 – 1984), Cotton Comes to Harlem, 1970 Original movie poster Courtesy of Mark Gibson and William Villalongo

Chester Himes (American, 1909 – 1984) Cover illustration: Mitchell Hooks (b. 1923 – 2013) For Love of Imabelle, 1957 First edition book cover Published by Fawcett Publications/Gold Medal Books Courtesy of William Villalongo

Sun Ra (American, 1914 – 1993) The Nubians of Plutonia, 1958 Album Cover Released 1966 (reissued 1974) Producer: Sun Ra El Saturn Records and Impulse Courtesy of IPCNY

Donna Summer (American 1948 – 2012), Bad Girls, 1979 Album cover Producers: Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte Casablanca Records Courtesy of IPCNY

Michael Jackson (American, 1958 – 2009), Thriller, 1982 Album cover Producers: Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson Epic Records Courtesy of IPCNY

Kurtis Blow (American, b. 1959), The Breaks, 1980 Album cover Producers: J.B. Moore, Robert Ford Jr. Mercury Records Courtesy of IPCNY