African American Terms

Jean Michel Basquiat began his short but prolific career as a graffiti artist in the streets of New York. He adopted a deliberately street smart and seemingly naïve style, yet his art also contained sophisticated references to contemporary culture and art history. Basquiat drew his cryptic visual vocabulary from numerous sources ranging from ancient Egyptian […]

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Three Women at a Parade, from the Harlem U.S.A. series

Four Children at Lenox Avenue, from the Harlem U.S.A. series

Man in a Bowler Hat, from the Harlem U.S.A. series

A Woman Waiting in the Doorway, from the Harlem U.S.A. series

Untitled #5 (Tree Trunk, Picket Fence, and House)

Choo Choo with His Bible, Alligator, MS

Alliance, Coney Island, New York

Outside Looking In, Mobile, Alabama

At Segregated Drinking Fountain, Mobile, Alabama

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Three Women at a Parade, from the Harlem U.S.A. series,

Three Women at a Parade, from the Harlem U.S.A. series

Four Children at Lenox Avenue, from the Harlem U.S.A. series,

Four Children at Lenox Avenue, from the Harlem U.S.A. series

Man in a Bowler Hat, from the Harlem U.S.A. series,

Man in a Bowler Hat, from the Harlem U.S.A. series

A Woman Waiting in the Doorway, from the Harlem U.S.A. series,

A Woman Waiting in the Doorway, from the Harlem U.S.A. series

Untitled #5 (Tree Trunk, Picket Fence, and House),

Untitled #5 (Tree Trunk, Picket Fence, and House)

Choo Choo with His Bible, Alligator, MS,

Choo Choo with His Bible, Alligator, MS

Alliance, Coney Island, New York,

Alliance, Coney Island, New York

Outside Looking In, Mobile, Alabama,

Outside Looking In, Mobile, Alabama

At Segregated Drinking Fountain, Mobile, Alabama,

At Segregated Drinking Fountain, Mobile, Alabama