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The image displays overlapping geometric shapes such as rectangles and parallelograms arranged in an abstract formation. The shapes are colored in vibrant hues like red, blue, green, yellow, and purple, intersecting at various angles. The pattern resembles a chaotic mosaic or tangled web, reminiscent of a city map. The bold, solid colors create a dynamic composition that leads the eye in multiple directions across the canvas.
William T. Williams, Hawk's Return, 1969-1970, acrylic on canvas, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation, Gift of the Collectors Committee, and Gift of Funds from Helen Brown Bechtel, Maria Elena Weissman, Susan and Jonathan Bram, The Leonard and Elaine Silverstein Family Foundation, Patricia Alford President, Winona and Raymond Massie, and Karyn Greenfield, 2025.35.1

Hawk's Return

William T. Williams · 1969-1970 · acrylic on canvas ·  Accession ID  2025.35.1

The image shows a collection of irregular abstract shapes and lines coming together to create a humanoid silhouette. The central form is surrounded by red and black curved lines, resembling tangled wires or strings. The upper section consists of a round shape connected to a narrower part, resembling a head and neck, while the lower section widens with elongated vertical shapes suggesting legs. The overall composition may suggest the image of a marionette or a figure entangled in cords.
Hannelore Baron, Untitled, c. 1981, color monoprint on wove paper, Gift of Mark Baron and Elise Boisanté, 2024.137.2

Untitled

Hannelore Baron · c. 1981 · color monoprint on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2024.137.2

The image shows irregular shapes and lines against a dark red background. Shapes include a circle, a rectangle, and other forms outlined and filled with black, white, green, and earthy tones.
Hannelore Baron, Untitled, 1978, color monoprint on wove paper, Gift of Mark Baron and Elise Boisanté, 2024.137.3

Untitled

Hannelore Baron · 1978 · color monoprint on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2024.137.3

The image depicts an abstract composition of interconnected lines and shapes in dark red and black. The left side shows a crescent-like curve layered over jagged lines and splatters, resembling tangled threads or netting. These elements form a complex and deep abstract form that can be likened to a stylized wing or shell. The composition invites viewers to interpret familiar objects within its abstract portrayal.
Hannelore Baron, Untitled, c. 1981, color monoprint on wove paper, Gift of Mark Baron and Elise Boisanté, 2024.137.1

Untitled

Hannelore Baron · c. 1981 · color monoprint on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2024.137.1

Made with mostly square or rectangular pieces of patterned paper in shades of asparagus and moss green, sky blue, tan, and ash brown, a man with brown skin sits in the center of this horizontal composition with a second person over his shoulder, in the upper left corner of this collage. The man’s facial features are a composite of cut-outs, mostly in shades of brown and gray, as if from black-and white photographs, and he smokes a cigarette. He sits with his body angled slightly to our right and he looks off in that direction, elbows resting on thighs and wrists crossed. His button-down shirt and pants, similarly collaged, are mottled with sky blue and white. One foot, on our right, is created with a cartoonish, shoe-shaped, black silhouette. The paper used for the other foot seems to have been scraped and scratched, creating the impression that that foot is bare. A tub, made of the same blue and white paper of the man’s suit, sits on the ground to our left, in the lower corner. The man sits in front of an expanse made up of green and brown pieces of paper patterned with wood grain, which could be a cabin. In a window in the upper left, a woman’s face, her features similarly collaged, looks out at us. One dark hand, large in relation to the people, rests on the sill with the fingers extended down the side of the house. The right third of the composition is filled collaged scraps of paper patterned to resemble leafy trees. Closer inspection reveals the form of a woman, smaller in scale than the other two, standing in that zone, facing our left in profile near a gray picket fence. She has a brown face, her hair wrapped in a patterned covering, and she holds a watermelon-sized, yellow fruit with brown stripes. Several blue birds and a red-winged blackbird fly and stand nearby. Above the woman and near the top of the composition, a train puffs along the top of what we read as the tops of trees. The artist signed the work in black letters in the upper right corner: “romare bearden.”
Romare Bearden, Tomorrow I May Be Far Away, 1967, collage of various papers with charcoal, graphite and paint on paper mounted to canvas, Paul Mellon Fund, 2001.72.1

Tomorrow I May Be Far Away

Romare Bearden · 1967 · collage of various papers with charcoal, graphite and paint on paper mounted to canvas ·  Accession ID  2001.72.1

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Harlem Angels

William T. Williams · 1968 · acrylic on canvas ·  Accession ID  2025.36.1