Collection | Minneapolis Institute of Art

a: slightly abstract image of smoke clouds in various shades of light and dark, extending from LRC to ULC; b: lines of hand-written text in all capital letters on ruled lines in pencil; text about military battles; two separately framed pieces of different sizes

Abstract expressionist composition; predominantly red with areas of blue, black and green

Mixed media bleed print employing a portrait hand-drawn by the artist on a ball grained plate, a collagraph plate made from an antique christening dress collected by the artist, a two-color background from two photolithography plates made with drawings by the artist, and hand-stitching applied by the artist.

Pop-up silhouette book; binding: maroon buckram covers

uniformed musicians in semi-circle on outside stairs; 3 men in middle of semi-circle

outdoor scene; woman with head bent down, wearing a dark headband, light-colored mask, and light-colored garment with long sleeves, looking at an open softbound book in her PL hand; woman holds an American flag on a pole in her PR hand, with another smaller flag clutched in her PR fist

A suite of nine two-color screenprints, each printed with yellow, red, or blue iron shapes and each surrounded by either a purple, orange, or green background. While conceived as a suite, some were available as individual prints.

raised, fabric covered alter; striped fabric covering both levels of alter and back piece; black fringe around bottom and back edges, green, red, and pink braided trim with gold sequins on all edges, and a pink, patterned fabric flower in each back corner; a white cut out of Africa with handwritten black text is attached to the backpiece, as are two black and pink beaded pendents; on the upper level of the alter sits an ornate, silver casket with four blue green stones, irridescent gems, and silver floral decorations around a cut out on lid, which is open to a black, fabric female figure with blue hair and features, wrapped in white irridescent sequins; the silver box is flanked by two gold vases with red fabric flowers with braided and sequined trim around bases; set into the alter in front of the silver box is a flat, brown compact with gold trim and smoothed stones set into a circle on the lid

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