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Any Other Way

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A two-disk, 21-track compilation album of songs recorded by Jackie Shane. The two vinyl records have silver labels and are housed in plain white sleeves with no marks. The album cover features a photograph of Jackie Shane lounging on a plastic slipcovered chaise, holding a cigarette in her proper right hand. She wears a light blue dress with white belt and a "Jackie Shane" poster is visible on the

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painting

Apartheid

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A large, rectangular, abstract mixed-media work rendered in large, layered areas and forms of muted colors and black against a light grey background. The left half of the canvas consists of layered areas of black and cream forming a vaguely mountainous shape, with short, frenetic strokes of ochre, black, pink, and blue. Across the top is a swath of black paint forming a reaching hand and at the ba

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Apartment building with tires in yard - New Bedford, Mass. - 1972

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This image depicts a number of rubbers tires lying on their sides in an abandoned lot next to several brick and concrete buildings. The lot is empty except for the tires, some broken boards and a few pieces of trash scattered over the concrete ground. In the background are several rectangular buildings, the nearest one several stories high with a fire escape on the side.

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Apostle Betty P. Peebles, senior pastor and overseer, teaches from the scripture Zechariah 2:8, Jericho City of Praise Church, Landover, Maryland, 2005

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A black-and-white photograph of Apostle Betty P. Peebles standing behind a clear podium and speaking into a microphone. She is holding the microphone with her right hand while her left hand is extended outward, above her head, with her fingers outstretched. No inscriptions on the front or back.

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Apotheose

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Paperback copy of “Apotheose” with ninety-five (95) pages. The book has a red cover with black text and staples. At the top of the front cover [René Piquion [underlined]] is printed. In the center of the cover in larger font is [APOTHEOSE]. There is a line design below this. At the bottom is [EDITIONS HENRI DESCHAMPS / PORT-AU-PRINCE / HAITI]. The spine and back cover are blank. The book has handw

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Apparelled In His White Alb, Saint Remus Gossypium Hirsutum, Stoic Before His Sanguine Colored Buskins

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A painting depicting the central figure of "Saint Remus," standing in a bright, sunny field surrounded by flora and fauna. Remus, depicted as an older Black man, stands gazing at the viewer, wearing all white and with a white-painted face. His garments resemble a mime's with a billowing white smock and loose pants. the smock has a center row of cotton balls as exaggerated buttons. He has receding

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April 4

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Abstract artist Sam Gilliam began his professional career in 1962 when he moved to Washington, D.C. He soon joined a group of D.C.-based painters, the Washington Color School, who used various techniques to explore color and spatial relationships on large-format canvases. Although Gilliam has worked in a wide variety of artistic styles, he is best known for developing the groundbreaking technique

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Arc de Triomphe

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The watercolor depicts the Arc de Triomphe, located at Place de l'Étoile at the top of the Champs-Élysées in Paris, France.The giant white arch is in the center of the painting against a pale blue sky with green foliage along the edges of the scene. Colorful figures of men and women are depicted walking in and around the arch along a wide plaza. There are colors of white, green, blue, and yellow,

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photograph

Archie Shepp, 1973

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H x W (Matted): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)

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book

Architectural Graphic Standards for Architects, Engineers, Decorators, Builders and Draftsmen

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This hardback, first edition of Architectural Graphic Standards features black front and back covers with a red strip along the bound edge. The spine is exposed and string-bound in several square sections. In orange ink the front cover reads: [ARCHITECTURAL / GRAPHIC / STANDARDS / CHARLES GEORGE RAMSAY / HAROLD REEVE SLEEPER]. Throughout the book, includingo on the interior cover, foreword, prefac

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Architectural Offices of Silverman and Levy, Smedley Street, Phila.

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This sketch focuses on the the architectural details of the two-story brick row building, which features a unique, double-arched entryway with a single Corinthian column at center, three large, arched windows on the second floor, and an ornamental cornice of repeated arches. The sidewalk is also depicted, with a small tree on the right. The sketch is outlines in a thick black square, below which i

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Aretha Franklin, SCLC convention, Club Paradise, Memphis, TN

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H x W: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

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<I>Any Other Way</I>

<I>Apartheid</I>

<I>Apartment building with tires in yard - New Bedford, Mass. - 1972</I>

<I>Apostle Betty P. Peebles, senior pastor and overseer, teaches from the scripture Zechariah 2:8, Jericho City of Praise Church, Landover, Maryland, 2005</I>

<I>Apotheose</I>

<I>Apparelled In His White Alb, Saint Remus Gossypium Hirsutum, Stoic Before His Sanguine Colored Buskins</I>

<I>April 4</I>

<I>Arc de Triomphe</I>

<I>Archie Shepp, 1973</I>

<I>Architectural Graphic Standards for Architects, Engineers, Decorators, Builders and Draftsmen</I>

<I>Architectural Offices of Silverman and Levy, Smedley Street, Phila.</I>

<I>Aretha Franklin, SCLC convention, Club Paradise, Memphis, TN</I>