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Curated Group

Race, Gender, Class, and American Identity — Collection Theme

Curated by UMMA Curators

Group Details:

Objects in UMMA’s collection related to the theme of race, gender, class, and American identity.

Portrait of a Girl

1970

Sigmund Abeles; Associated Artists

etching on paper

1981

Jean-Michel Basquiat

colored crayons on paper

The Past is Behind Us, The Future is Ahead. Let Us All Strive to Make the Future Better and Brighter than the Past Ever Was.

1918

Gerrit A. Beneker

color lithograph on paper

Girl with Newspaper

1945

Isabel Bishop

etching on paper

Malcolm X Speaks for Us

1969

Elizabeth Catlett

linoleum cut on paper

The Road to France – He is Keeping It Open, But – The Liberty Bond You Buy – It Backs Them All

circa 1917

James Montgomery Flagg

lithograph on paper

Sugar Means Ships – The Consumption of Sugar Sweetened Drinks Must be Reduced.

circa 1917

Ernest Fuhr

lithograph on paper

1953

Jacob Lawrence

tempera over black colored pencil on wood board

Dancing in the Field

1999

David Levinthal; Jack Lemon; Landfall Press; Steven Campbell; Tom Reed; Lothar Osterburg

photogravure on paper

The Slave Market

1999

David Levinthal; Jack Lemon; Landfall Press; Steven Campbell; Tom Reed; Lothar Osterburg

photogravure on paper

Eva and Aunt Ophelia

1999

David Levinthal; Jack Lemon; Landfall Press; Steven Campbell; Tom Reed; Lothar Osterburg

photogravure on paper

In the Cotton Field

1999

David Levinthal; Jack Lemon; Landfall Press; Steven Campbell; Tom Reed; Lothar Osterburg

photogravure on paper

Planning the Escape

1999

David Levinthal; Jack Lemon; Landfall Press; Steven Campbell; Tom Reed; Lothar Osterburg

photogravure on paper

Bidding Farewell

1999

David Levinthal; Jack Lemon; Landfall Press; Steven Campbell; Tom Reed; Lothar Osterburg

photogravure on paper

Crossing the River

1999

David Levinthal; Jack Lemon; Landfall Press; Steven Campbell; Tom Reed; Lothar Osterburg

photogravure on paper

1999

David Levinthal; Jack Lemon; Lothar Osterburg; Landfall Press; Steven Campbell; Tom Reed

photogravure on paper

1992

Glenn Ligon; Gregory Burnet

etching, aquatint, spitbite, and sugarlift on Rives BFK paper

1992

Glenn Ligon; Gregory Burnet

etching, aquatint, spitbite, sugarlift on Rives BF

1992

Glenn Ligon; Gregory Burnet

etching, aquatint, spitbite, and sugarlift on Rives BFK paper

1992

Glenn Ligon; Gregory Burnet

etching, aquatint, spitbite, sugarlift on Rives BFK paper

Auburndale Site, Highland Park, MI, #3

2007

Object Orange

iris print on paper

Auburndale Site, Highland Park, MI, #4

2007

Object Orange

iris print on paper

Auburndale Site, Highland Park, MI, #5

2007

Object Orange

iris print on paper

Manet’s Olympia

1974

Mel Ramos

collotype on wove paper

2002

Betye Saar

mixed media assemblage with photographs, paper, and thread on wood

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