Art as a Platform for Conversation Recent events in the St. Louis community and across the nation highlight the need for continuing conversations on complex issues such as race, discrimination, and civil rights in the United States. The Kemper Art Museum invites Washington University faculty, staff, and students to use works from the Museum’s collection to serve as a catalysts for these important conversations. Below is a sampling of works that address topics such as African American, American Indian, and Hispanic and Latino identities; sexuality and gender; and civil rights, politics, and war. With advanced notice, these and other works can be displayed in the Museum’s Study Room for class visits. Museum educators are available to work with faculty on crafting conversations and discussions. To learn more about the Study Room, please visit kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu/StudyRoom or contact Kim Broker, associate registrar, at 314.935.5385 or [email protected]. For questions, please contact Rochelle Caruthers, university academic programs coordinator, at 314.935.9433 or [email protected]. Art as a Platform for Conversation Race ‒ African American Lewis Hine (American, 1874–1940) Child of a Sharecropper’s Family, c. 1920 Gelatin silver contact print, 5 x 4" Gift of Nicholas Vahlkamp, 1994 WU 1994.13 George Overbury Hart (American, 1868–1933) Mammy, 1924 Drypoint, 16 1/4 x 12 11/16" University purchase, 1944 WU 3700 Madeline Osborne (American) A Shack for Negroes Only at Belle Glade, FLA., 1945 Gelatin silver print, 8 1/4 x 10" University purchase, St. Louis Printmarket Fund, 1993 WU 1993.6 Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933) Los Angeles, 1964 Gelatin silver print, 13 x 19 3/8" Gift of Jan and Ronald Greenberg, 2012 WU 2012.0010.0007 Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933) Black Americans, from the series Time of Change, 1965 Gelatin silver print, 8 x 11 7/8" Gift of Jan and Ronald Greenberg, 2012 WU 2012.0010.0008 Romare Bearden (American, 1911–1988) Black Venus, 1968 Collage of printed, colored, and painted papers pasted on paper, 29 3/4 x 40 3/16" University purchase, Charles H. Yalem Art Fund, 1994 WU 1994.01 Howardena Pindell (American, b. 1943) Free, White and 21, 1980 Color video with sound, 12:15 min. University purchase, Bixby Fund, 2012 WU 2012.0007 Page 1 of 14 Lorna Simpson (American, b. 1960) Counting, 1991 Photogravure and screen print, 48/60, 73 3/8 x 38" University purchase, 1992 WU 1992.22 Luis Jimenez (American, b. 1940) The Mass of Mankind...Thomas Jefferson Quote, from the portfolio 10: Artist as Catalyst, c. 1992 4-color serigraph, 53/100, 26 x 26" University purchase, 1994 WU 1994.07.04 Glenn Ligon (American, b. 1960) Untitled (Two White/Two Black), 1992 Softground etching, aquatint, spit bite, and sugarlift, 25 1/8 x 17 1/2" (each) University purchase, Charles H. Yalem Art Fund, 1997 WU 1997.04-.09 Glenn Ligon (American, b. 1960) Runaways, 1993 Portfolio of 10 lithographs, 30/45, 16 x 12" (each) University purchase, Nathan Cummings Fund and Art Acquisition Fund, 1996 WU 1996.01.01-.10 Page 2 of 14 Renée Cox (American, b. Jamaica, 1960) It Shall Be Named, 1994 11 gelatin silver prints in mahogany frame, 105 x 104 1/2 x 4 3/4" Peter Norton Collection, 2015 37.2015 Nadine Robinson (British, b. 1968) Tower Hollers (Version 1), 2001 6-14 minute records, 6 record players, 100 speakers in acrylic on canvas boxes, approximately 120 x 312 x 60 " (overall) Peter Norton Collection, 2015 54.2015 a-nnnnn Kara Walker (American, b. 1969) The Bush, Skinny, De-boning (Edition No. 19), 2002 Stainless steel, painted black, 29/100 The Bush, 5 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 3/4" Skinny, 4 1/2 x 4 1/8 x 3/4" De-boning, 5 3/4 x 6 x 3/4" Peter Norton Collection, 2015 61.2015 a-c Kara Walker (American, b. 1969) Klaus Bürgel (German, b. 1958) Golddigger, 2003 22k gold and mixed media, 2/10, 57 1/2 x 20 x 20" Peter Norton Collection, 2015 36.2015 Chakaia Booker (American, b. 1953) Dilated Perception, 2007 Collagraph and digital images with rubber, chine collé, and relief print on Somerset paper, 10/10, 58 13/16 x 81 x 1" Gift of Island Press, 2010 WU 2010.0005 Rashid Johnson (American, b. 1977) Thurgood in the Hour of Chaos, from the portfolio America America, 2009 Photolithograph, 47/50, 29 5/8 x 22" Gift of Exit Art, 2013 WU 2013.0001.0006 Page 3 of 14 Carrie Mae Weems (American, b. 1953) Untitled (Colored People Grid), 2009–10 Thirty-one screen-printed papers and eleven inkjet prints, AP 2/2, 87 7/8 x 75 3/16" (overall) University purchase, Bixby Fund, and with funds from Bunny and Charles Burson, Helen Kornblum, Kim and Bruce Olson, and Barbara Eagleton, 2014 WU 2014.0011 a–pp Rashid Johnson (American, b. 1977) Express, 2013 Branded red oak flooring, black soap, and wax, 72 1/2 x 48 1/2 x 2 1/2" University purchase, Parsons Fund and Bixby Fund, 2013 WU 2013.0010 Page 4 of 14 Art as a Platform for Conversation Race ‒ American Indian Charles Ferdinand Wimar (American, b. Germany, 1828–1862) The Abduction of Daniel Boone's Daughter by the Indians, 1853 Oil on canvas, 40 5/16 x 50 1/4" Gift of John T. Davis, Jr., 1954 WU 4335 Edward Sheriff Curtis (American, 1868–1952) Mnainak—A Yakima Chief, 1910, facing p. 14 from The Yakima. The Klickitat. Salishan tribes of the interior. The Kutenai., vol. 7 of The North American Indian, 1911 Photogravure on Van Gelder paper, 9 1/2 x 12 1/2" Published by The University Press, Cambridge, MA Gift of Stephen Bunyard in honor of Megan D. Swider, 2005 WU 2005.0010.0007.0004.0001 Edward Sheriff Curtis (American, 1868–1952) The Apache Reaper, 1906, plate 8 from the supplement to The North American Indian, vol. 1, The Apache. The Jicarillas. The Navaho., 1907 Photogravure on vellum, 18 x 22" Gift of Stephen Bunyard and Cheryl Griffin, 1987 WU 1987.9.2 Fritz Scholder (Native American, 1937–2005) Indian with Flag, 1973 Lithograph, 39/100, 30 x 39" Gift of Charles J. Weinraub, 1982 WU 1982.11 Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds (American, b. 1954) Telling Many Magpies, Telling Black Wolf, Telling Hachivi, 1989 Screen print, 5/50, 72 1/2 x 45" University purchase, 1992 WU 1992.21 Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987) Sitting Bull, 1986 Screen print on Lenox Museum Board, 36 x 36" Extra, out of the edition. Designated for research and educational purposes only. Gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., 2014 WU 2014.0001.0006 Page 5 of 14 Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Native American, b. 1940) Celebrate 40,000 Years of American Art, 1995 Collagraph from one Sintra plate, 2/20, 78 3/16 x 53 1/2" Gift of Island Press (formerly the Washington University School of Art Collaborative Print Workshop), 1995 WU 1995.12 Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Native American, b. 1940) Cowboys and Indians, Made in America, 1995 Collagraph, 2/10, 78 x 53 5/8" Gift of Island Press (formerly the Washington University School of Art Collaborative Print Workshop), 1995 WU 1995.13 Page 6 of 14 Art as a Platform for Conversation Race ‒ Hispanic and Latino Manuel Alvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902–2002) Retrato de lo eterno (Portrait of the Eternal), 1935, printed later Gelatin silver print, 9 7/16 x 7 9/16" Gift of Helen Kornblum, 2013 WU 2013.0002 José Clemente Orozco (Mexican, 1883–1949) Dead Woman, 1935 Lithograph, 14 x 19 1/2" Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Dagen, 1980 WU 1980.7.5 Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, 1899–1991) Lion and Horse, 1942 Oil on canvas, 36 1/4 x 46 1/2" University purchase, Kende Sale Fund, 1946 WU 3775 Leopoldo Méndez (Mexican, 1902–1968) El camino a Campeche (The Road to Campeche), 1946 Wood engraving, 6 3/4 x 6" Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Dagen, 1983 WU 1983.5.4 Antonio Pineda (Mexican, 1919–2009) Cuff with incised cave figures, 1950s Silver, 2 3/4 x 2 7/8 x 2" Gift of Carol Jean Schoelkopf Boss, 2008 WU 2008.0012 Alice Rahon (Mexican, b. France, 1904–1987) The Cats, 20th century Oil and sand on canvas Gift of Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., 1962 WU 4032 Page 7 of 14 Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886–1957) Untitled, n.d. Watercolor on rice paper, 15 1/4 x 10 3/4" Gift of Helen Ette Park, 1993 WU 1993.22 Roberto Matta (French, b. Chile, 1911–2002) Abstraction, 1959–60 Oil on canvas, 58 x 80" Gift of Mrs. Mark C. Steinberg, 1967 WU 4367 Rafael Ferrer (Puerto Rican, b. 1933) Brisas del Caribe, 1980 Etching, ed. 20, 15 1/8 x 18 3/8" Gift of Island Press (formerly the Washington University School of Art Collaborative Print Workshop), 1981 WU 1981.16.6 Juan Sanchez (American, b. Puerto Rico, 1954) Cielo/Tierra/Esperanza (Heaven/Earth/Hope), 1990 Lithograph from five plates with collagraph from two Masonite plates on handmade paper, 10/16, 58 x 43 1/2" Gift of Island Press (formerly the Washington University School of Art Collaborative Print Workshop), 1990 WU 1990.8.7 a-b Vik Muniz (Brazilian, b. 1961) Untitled, from the portfolio White Noise, 1991 Gelatin silver print, 11 x 8 1/2" University purchase with funds from the friends and family of Frederick W. Lippelt, by exchange, 1991 WU 1991.24 h Luis Cruz Azaceta (Cuban, active in the United States, b.