Works on paper

Fetiches, Fleurs, Figa and Palm Wine Drinkers Watching

2023 / VIII / 16

15.5 x 22 in / 39.37 x 55.88

Graphite, cut paper, original photograph

Two Strong Medicines. Yogi Meets Nkisi

VI / 12 / 2023

Graphite, colored pencil and acrylic on canvas

16.5 x 11.75 in / 42 x 30 cm

Me and My Dog Tecumseh

2020

Mixed media with photograph by Petra Richterova

8.5 x 11 in/ 21.6 x 27.9 cm

A Mbole Kalunga Presents an Akan Nsodie to the Artist (aka Nana Anakwah)

XI/ 2020

Pencil and nhyira (ritual chalk) on cardboard

16 x 12 in/ 46 x 31 cm

They Jumped Overboard But The Kalunga Claimed Their Souls

XI/14/2019

Cut paper and oil on pressed foam board

30 x 19.75 in/ 76.2 x 50.2 cm

Fétiche et fleurs for Joseph Overstreet

IV/12/2019

Chalk, oil crayon and pencil on paper

32 in x 52.5 in/ 81.2 x 133.3 cm

In memoriam June 20, 1933 Conehatta, MS. June 4, 2019 New York, NY

At Three a.m. I Saw the Bush Boogie of Kota and Osyeba

1997-2017

Graphite, paper and wood on paper

18 x 24 in/ 47 x 61 cm

From Tristes Tropiques: Do the Llwalwa and Kota Remember the Dan?

VII/26/2018

Papier coupé and graphite on paper

18 x 24 in/ 45.2 x 61 cm

It’s an Academic Lesson

2011

Graphite and archival tape on paper and photograph

11 x 8.5 in/ 27.9 x 23cm

It's Hard to Decide the Pleasure: the Price or the Products / Difícil decir o que agrada mais: os productos ou os preçoes

2015

Graphite and papier coupé on newsprint.

22 x 18 in / 56 x 46 cm

Collection Museu Afrobrasil, São Paulo, Brasil.

Rendez Vous at Posto 6 lpanema/ Rendez Vous no Posto 6 lpanema

2015

Mixed paper media/ tecnica mixta

30 x 30 in/ 76.2 x 76.2 cm

From the Palimpsests: Choose Me. Self Portrait With the Violist Melanie Dyer.

XII / 20 / 2014.

Mixed media.

24 x 16 in / 61 x 46 cm

Nacer do Sol com As Garotas Pretas de Ipanema/ Sunrise with Black Girls from Ipanema

2014

Tecnica mixta/ ink, graphite, cut paper on paper

16 x 21.5 in/ 47.2 x 54.6 cm

Palimpsest: Me and My Next Door Neighbors

1979, 1989, 2009

Graphite and cut paper on paper

26 x 16 in/ 66 x 40.2 cm

From the Palimpsests: The Senufo Next Door/ La senoufo à côte

2006-2009

Mixed media photo montage, ink, graphite chalk, wood, cloth on paper

14 x 11 in/ 35.5 x 28 cm

From the Masongo Notebooks: Who Were Those Masked Homies Who Caked Walked Into the Vanishing Point?

1997/IX/29

Ink, graphite and enamel on paper

16.5 x 21.75 in/ 42 x 55.2 cm

Friendly Ambush of African Masks on the Caxambú Path/ Emboscada Amistosa de Máscaras Africanas no Caminho de Caxambú

1992

Cut paper and acrylic on paper

44 x 29.5 in/ 111.76 x 74.93 cm

In honor of Prof. Maria Cecilia Felix Calaça

How the Art Dealer Alfred Scheinberg Finally Discovered and Proposed to the Only Known Skin-Covered Version of Mammy Wattah by Simply Waiting Inside Fra Filippo Lippi's Casement Window Until I Introduced Them

1989

Acrylic, wood, graphite, chalk and paper on canvas/ técnica mixta

25 x 21 in/ 63 x 52 cm

In Memoriam: Alfred Scheinberg, Baltimore, MD 1949- NYC 1992

Paginas Brasileiras, V

XI/2015

Ink, graphite and oil pastel on paper

14 x 11 in/ 35.5 x 28 cm

Paginas Brasileiras, I

X/24/1996

Ink, graphite and color pencil on paper

11 x 14 in/ 28 x 35.5 cm

Paginas Brasileiras, II

X/25/96

Ink, graphite and oil pastel on paper

14 x 11 in/ 35.5 x 28 cm

Paginas Brasileiras, III

X-25-1996

Ink, graphite and oil pastel on paper

14 x 11 in/ 35.5 x 28 cm

Paginas Brasileiras, IV

X/25/1996

Ink. graphite and oil pastel on paper

14 x 11 in/ 35.5 x 28 cm

My Son Aay Adae and Fishbone

XI/23/1998

Graphite, cut paper and wood on paper

18 x 24 in/ 45.7 x 61 cm

In 1868 on a Fall Day in Paris, the Bourgeoisie Was at Leisure. Meanwhile, in the Congo the Life of the Boa People Was Facing Extinction

1999

Mixed media

13.5 x 19.75 in/ 34.2 x 50.16 cm

Édouard Manet and George Nelson Preston Palimpsests: Urhobo Chamber Music

1968,1994-96

Mixed media

13.5 x 9.8 in/ 34.2 x 25.08 cm

Monsieur Preston, I presume? Monsieur Manet? Enchanté à faire vôtre connaissance

1998

Mixed media

13.5 x 19.75 in/ 34.2 x 50.16 cm

How I Caught Manet Raiding My Senufo Sketch Book

2005

Ink on photographs

13.5 x 19.75 in/ 34.29 x 50.16 cm

You Don't Listen Anymore, Do You?

2011

Mixed media

13.5 x 19.75 in/ 34.2 x 50.16 cm

Palimpsests: Ancestral Presence

1990

Graphite and papier coupé

20 in x 20 in

Collection Reynald Kerr, Miami, Florida

From Paginas Brasileiras: The Botanical Gardens of Emperor Dom Pedro, II/ Os jardims botanicos do emperador Dom Pedro, II

1989

Textile pigments, graphite and cut paper monoprint.

In memoriam Ruth Inge Hardison. African American Artist (Portsmouth, VA 1914- NYC 1916)

From Paginas Brasileiras: On the Road to Caxambú(The Mines) / A caminho de Caxambú (Minas Gerais)

1989

Textile pigments, graphite and cut paper on paper

83" x 31.5" / 212 cm x 79.4 cm Collection of Margaret and Quincy Troupe, New York City

From Brazilian Pages: Who Doesn’t Like the Samba? / Paginas Brasileiras: Quem não goista a samba?

1990-92

Graphite on paper with print collage

28.25 x 22.5 in / 71.8 x 57.6 cm

In Homage Horaldo and Mary Costa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Collection Dakar Museum. Gift of Oumar Keinde.

Portait of Norman Lewis, Man of Walnut Wood

1994

Ballpoint pen and wood veneer on paper

11 x 17 in/ 27.9 x 43.2 cm

Portrait of Norman Lewis

1994

Ball point pen on paper.

11 x 8.5 in. (27.9 x 23 cm)

Leo’s Rock, Michelangelo’s Dream

I/ 1978

Graphite, cut paper and enamel

37.5 x 24.5 in/ 87.5 x 62.2 cm

Emilio Cruz at Cards With the Spirit of Bob Thompson

c. 1985

Graphite, ink and cut paper on newsprint

11 x 17 in/ 27.9 x 43.2 cm

Portrait of the Woman Behind the Dan mask: Ana of Cali

1990/1994

Graphite on paper and cuttings from Al Loving’s studio

24 x 18 in/ 61 x 45.7 cm

Portrait of Emma

1985

Graphite and papier coupé

17 x 12 in/ 43 x 30 cm

Ancestral Visitation

Graphite and papier coupé on paper

ca. 1980s

Have You Ever Had to Make Up Your Mind?

1981 / XI

Graphite, cut paper and wood on paper

31.5 x 23.7 in / 80 x 60.1 cm

Portrait of My Niece Aura La Barre

c. 1985

Graphite on newsprint

24 x 20 in/ 61 x 50.8 cm

Portrait of Yolanda Stoudymire Harlem Homegirl Reveals Her Dan Mask

1974

Graphite on newsprint

24 x 20 in/ 61 x 50.9 cm

Richard Burton's Hamlet on American TV, 1982

Graphite on paper. 14x11 in / 36x28 cm

Adele Regina With a Fante Figure

VIII/1982.

Graphite on paper

20 x 18 in/ 51 x 46 cm

Palimpsests: Artist’s Model and Studio Still Life Objects

1988

Graphite and cut paper on paper

18 x 24 in/ 45.7 x 61 cm

Portrait of Adger Cowans and Kalima.

c. 1980's

Papier coupé and graphite on paper

30 x 24 in / 76 x 61 cm

Palimpsests. Self Portrait With Stuio Model. 1962 / 1982

Graphite and wallpaper on paper. 24 x 18 in / 57 x 60.9 cm.

Night in The Mazatec Forest / Noche en la selva Mazateca

1963

pastel chalk and charcoal on paper

21 x 19 in / 53.3 x 48.2 cm

Pinar del Rio de Colinas, Sol y Cielo/ Hills, Sun and Sky of Pinar del Rio

1961

Tempera and chalk on paper

22.5 x 28.5 in/ 57.1 x 72. 4 cm

From the Palimpsests: A Model, A Sybil and a Fetish

1963

Charcoal, wood and acrylic on paper

24 x 19 in/ 68 x 48.2 cm

Palimpsests: The Artist's Model Dreamed of Ancient Africa

1963

Charcoal, ink, paper and wood on paper

27.5 x 21.5 in/ 70 x 55 cm

Palimpsests: Artist, Model and Pencil

1963

Charcoal, paper and tape on paper

24 x 19 in/ 68 x 48.2 cm

Red Sunrise, Lake Soyaltepec/ Amanecer rosado, Lago de Soyaltepec

1961

Tempera on paper/ tempera sobre papel

18 x 24 in/ 45.7 x 60.96 cm

Los Angeles, CA Private collection