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African American Art Collection

From its first acquisition of a painting by Henry O. Tanner, to its most recent donation of a lithograph by Elizabeth Catlett, the African American Collection is one of the most comprehensive representations of black artists in existence. 

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1. Return of the Crucifixion, 1836.
Henry Ossawa Tanner
Oil and tempera on plywood, 17" x 22",

2. In Harriett Tubman, I Helped Hundreds to Freedom, 1946.
 (The Negro Woman Series)
Elizabeth Catlett,
Woodcut on wove paper, 5 1/16" x 4"

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