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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].

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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


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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, 1994WU 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


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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, 201554.2015 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


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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



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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


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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



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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


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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. 1942) Lotto: The American Dream, from the portfolio 10: Artist as Catalyst, c. 1992 9-color serigraph, 53/100, 26 x 26"University purchase, 1994WU 1994.07.02

Eugenio Dittborn (Chilean, b. 1943) Casa (House), 2003 4 panel monoprint, ed. 4, 96 x 240" (overall) Gift of Island Press, 2010 WU 2010.0007 a-d



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Sexuality and Gender

Carolee Schneemann (American, b. 1939) Meat Joy, 1964–2010 16 mm color film with sound, transferred to DVD, 10:35 min. University purchase, Bixby Fund, 2016 WU 2016.0009 \

Carolee Schneemann (American, b. 1939) Parallel Axis, 1973 / 2009 4 gelatin silver prints mounted on museum board, 30 1/8 x 44 5/8 " University purchase with funds from Helen Kornblum, 2017 WU 2017.0002 \

Mel Ramos (American, b. 1935) Candy, from S.M.S. No. 5, 1968 Photolithograph, 10 7/8 x 13 7/8" University purchase, 1990 WU 1990.13.5 B

Betty Dodson (American, b. 1929) Friends, from S.M.S. No. 6, 1968 Etching in cellophane cover, 8 x 5 3/8" University purchase, 1990 WU 1990.13.6 B

Valie Export (Austrian, b. 1942) Touch Cinema, 1968 Black-and-white video with sound, 1:08 min. University purchase with funds from Samuel Kootz Gallery, by exchange, 2014 WU 2014.0004

Vito Acconci (American, b. 1940) Pryings, 1971 Black-and-white video with sound, 17 min. University purchase, Bixby Fund, 2013 WU 2013.0003.0001


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Eleanor Antin (American, b. 1935) The King, from The King of Solana Beach, 1974 Mannequin wearing original costume consisting of bush hat, fake hair and beard, wool cape, silk blouse, blue jeans, boots, and walking stick, 67 1/4 x 23 x 25 3/4" University purchase, Art Acquisition Fund and Charles H. Yalem Art Fund, 2000 WU 2000.0481.02

Martha Rosler (American, b. 1943) Semiotics of the Kitchen, 1975 Black-and-white video with sound, 6:09 min. University purchase, Bixby Fund, 2013 WU 2013.0003.0004

Eleanor Antin (American, b. 1935) My Kingdom Is the Right Size, from The King of Solana Beach, 1974 Eight black-and-white photographs mounted on board and one text panel, 6 x 9" (each) University purchase, Art Acquisition Fund and Charles H. Yalem Art Fund, 2000 WU 2000.0481.01 a-i

Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987) Nude Model (Male), 1977 Polacolor Type 108, 4 1/4 x 3 3/8"

Gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., 2008

WU 2008.0004.0094


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Hung Liu (Chinese, b. 1948) Bonsai, 1992 Photolithograph from two plates on Rives BFK paper, 9/24, 22 1/2 x 30" Gift of Island Press (formerly the Washington University School of Art Collaborative Print Workshop), 1993 WU 1993.12

Aura Rosenberg (American, b. 1971) Untitled (man/feet), 1992–93 Black-and-white photograph, 16 x 12" Peter Norton Collection, 2015 122.2015

Jeanne Dunning (American, b. 1957) Untitled Part, 1993 Cibachrome mounted on acrylic, 2/3, 33 x 22 1/2" Peter Norton Collection 40.2015

Jeanne Dunning (American, b. 1957) Study for The Extra Nipple, 1994 Cibachrome, 20 3/4 x 15 1/4" Peter Norton Collection 39.2015

Jenny Holzer (American, b. 1950) Untitled (Protect Me From What I Want), 1983–85 Packaged latex condoms with printed text, 2 3/8 x 2 1/4" (each) Anonymous gift, 2001 WU 2001.0007 a-b

Gran Fury (American artist collective, active c. 1987–1992) Kissing Doesn’t Kill: Greed and Indifference Do, 1989 Bus poster mounted on aluminum, 29 1/2 x 113 1/2" Gift of Betsy Millard in memory of Earl Millard, 2004 WU 2004.0022

Barbara Kruger (American, b. 1945) Girl, Don’t Die for Love, 1992 Offset lithograph, 11 x 8 1/2" Gift of Visual AIDS, 2004 WU 2004.0003


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Catherine Opie (American, b. 1961) Trash, 1994 C-print, 2/8, 60 x 30"University purchase, Bixby Fund, and with funds from Helen Kornblum, 2012 WU 2012.0002

Wolfgang Tillmans (German, b. 1968) Su Khedev Reel, from the Portrait series, 2000 C-print, 1/10, 16 x 12" University purchase, Charles H. Yalem Art Fund, 2001 WU 2001.0012.0012

Nicole Eisenman (American, b. France, 1965) Untitled, 2012 Monoprint, 24 1/4 x 18 3/4" University purchase, Arthur L. and Sheila Prensky Fund and Bixby Fund, 2014 WU 2014.0010.0003



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Civil Rights, Politics, and War

George Grosz (American, b. Germany, 1893–1959) Kein Hahn kräht nach ihnen (Nobody Cares about Them), 1920 Lithograph, 16 1/8 x 12 1/4" University purchase, Kende Sale Fund, 1946 WU 3800

Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867–1945) Political Agitator, 1926 Lithograph, 15 1/8 x 11 7/16" Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Dagen, 1980 WU 1980.7.12

Leopoldo Méndez (Mexican, 1902–1968) Lucha por el carbón (Fighting for Coal), 1944 Woodcut, 6 1/4 x 5 3/8" Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Dagen, 1983 WU 1983.5.5

Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987) Birmingham Race Riot, from the portfolio X + X (Ten Works by Ten Painters), 1964 Screen print, 219/500, 20 x 24" University acquisition, 1970 WU 4233 E

Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933) Arrest of a Demonstrator, from the series Time of Change, 1963 Gelatin silver print, 8 x 11 15/16" Gift of Jan and Ronald Greenberg, 2012 WU 2012.0010.0004

Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925–2008) Choke, 1964 Oil and silkscreen on canvas, 60 x 48" Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Weil, 1972 WU 4499


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Jacques Mahé de La Villeglé (French, b. 1926) Rue du Temple—manuscrite, 1968 Torn posters mounted on canvas, 45 5/8 x 31 13/16" University purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shoenberg; Mrs. R. A. Frevert in memory of her son; the Samuel Kootz Gallery; Rabbi and Mrs. F. M. Isserman; Mr. and Mrs. James W. Singer, Jr.; and Mr. and Mrs. John Shoenberg, by exchange, 2011 WU 2011.0008

Keith Haring (American, 1958–1990) Pop Shop (Quad III), 1989 Screen print, 2/10, 13 3/8 x 16 1/2" Gift of Arthur and Shela Prensky, 2006 WU 2006.0011.0004.0002

Leon Golub (American, 1922–2004) Interrogation, from the portfolio 10: Artist as Catalyst, c. 1992 7-color serigraph, 53/100, 26 x 26"University purchase, 1994WU 1994.07.03

Gilles Peress (French, b. 1946) Evacuation of the Jews, Skanderia, Sarajevo, Bosnia, 1993, from the portfolio Flashpoints: Selected Images of Gilles Peress, 1997 Gelatin silver print, 16 x 20" Gift of Joanne Herrmann Milch and Douglas Adam Milch, 1998 WU 1998.15

Gilles Peress (French, b. 1946) The beginning of the Krajina war, a church ransacked by the retreating Serb forces, near Knin, Krajina, Croatia, 1995, from the portfolio Flashpoints: Selected Images of Gilles Peress, 1997 Gelatin silver print, 16 x 20" Gift of Joanne Herrmann Milch and Douglas Adam Milch, 1998 WU 1998.20

Annette Lemieux (American, b. 1957) Left Right Left Right, 1995 Thirty photolithographs mounted on museum boards attached to wood, 1/3, 107 x 144 x 24" Gift of Island Press (formerly the Washington University School of Art Collaborative Print Workshop), 1995 WU 1995.14


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Gary Simmons (American, b. 1964) Plaza Inferno Grid, 2008 Oil and pigment on six pieces of gessoed paper, 102 x 67 1/2 x 2" (overall) University purchase, Bixby Fund, 2012 WU 2012.0003 a-f

Papo Colo (Puerto Rican, b. 1947) America America, from the portfolio America America, 2009 Archival pigment print with gold thread, 47/50, 30 1/2 x 44" (open) Gift of Exit Art, 2013 WU 2013.0001.0004

Nicole Eisenman (American, b. France, 1965) Tea Party, 2012 2-color lithograph, 4/25, 48 3/4 x 37 1/8"University purchase, Arthur L. and Sheila Prensky Fund and Bixby Fund, 2014WU 2014.0009


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