John Wesley Hardrick, Going Fishing?, ca.1940 Oil on board 23 1/2 in x 17 1/2 in Photo: Greg R. Staley © John Wesley Hardrick Ealy Mays, The Last Vernissage, 2004, Oil on panel 29 1/2 in x 21 1/2 in Photo: Greg R. Staley © Ealy Mays Beauford Delaney, Portrait of Imogene Delaney, 1963 Oil on canvas 38 1/2 in x 31 in Photo: Greg R. Staley © Beauford Delaney

Joseph Delaney, Woman in Striped Dress, 1964 Oil on board 23 3/4 in x 19 3/4 in Photo: Greg R. Staley © Joseph Delaney Humbert Howard, The Blue Cup, 1981 Oil on board 20 3/4 in x 32 in Photo: Greg R. Staley © Humbert Howard Kevin E. Cole, Working Man Jacket, 1988 Acrylic on masonite 33 in x 14½ in Photo: Greg R. Staley © Kevin E. Cole

All works courtesy the Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; The Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Collection of African American Art.

Support and Sponsorship

Rice University thanks the donors whose generosity made this exhibition possible:

PepsiCo Foundation
H-E-B
Baker Botts LLP
Houston Arts Alliance
With additional support from:
The Kalu Group, LLC

KUHF-FM and Saint Arnold Brewing Company provide in-kind support.

This exhibition is supported, in part, by a special fund from the Office of the President at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council.