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Blue Dunk, Lisle, Ill. 1987

An aerial image of Michael Jordan dunking against a blue court. Jordan is wearing a Bulls jersey and is featured mid-jump. The left side of the image shows Jordan's shadow against the blue court background.

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Blue Feather

Gregory Coates’s inventive use of unorthodox materials allows him to create art that is visually and spiritually multidimensional. He began incorporating feathers in his work in 2007, after the death of his father-in-law. During the process of grieving, Coates was given a torn feather pillow from an art installation created by a friend. Instead of throwing it away, he chose to take it to his studi

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Blue Mitchell, 1975

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

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Blue Notes (Basquiat): Who's Who or a Pair of Aces #1

A mixed media portrait titled Blue Notes (Basquiat): Who's Who or a Pair of Aces #1, by Carrie Mae Weems. The inkjet print features a blurred reproduction of Andy Warhol’s 1982 photographic portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat printed in muted blue-gray tones. Basquiat is shown in bust pose from the shoulders up. He is wearing a medium tone jacket over a lighter dress shirt with a dark tie. Basquiat’s

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Blue Twirl

A vibrant abstract painting mostly done in shades of blue, red, and yellow with a bit of green at center. Pockets of bright colors cover the canvas while blending and overlapping. Across the canvas from lower left to upper right is a meandering line of bright poured and dripped cobalt, surrounded by areas of sky blue and pink against yellow. At top center is an area where the colors appear more sa

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Blueprint

Photographic print by Terry Boddie. The blue print shows two (2) images referencing housing issues among Africans and African Americans. The lower image is a detail view of the conditions for enslaved Africans during the Middle Passage. The illustration of a ship’s cargo hold shows each figure lying confined in rows. The upper half shows a multi-story housing project at 135th Street and Broadway i

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Blues People

A British first edition copy of Blues People by LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka). The book has a paper dust jacket and a plastic book jacket cover. The front cover of the dust jacket is black and is dominated by a large black-and-white photograph of a man. He is depicted in profile, from the shoulders up, facing the right edge of the book and he is singing. At the top of the cover is the book title and

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Blues Wake

A black and white woodcut depicting two men sitting together. The man on the right faces the viewer and resembles blues singer Lead Belly (Huddie William Ledbetter). He sits with a guitar on his lap, his arms folded and resting on top of the guitar’s body. The man on the left is turned to face the man with the guitar, his face in profile to the viewer. Above the men is a round window. The backgrou

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Blues for Mr. Charlie

James Baldwin's personal copy of Blues for Mr. Charlie, an original mimeographed play scrip. The script is bound in pale blue leatherette with large brass rivets. The script is inscribed to fellow-writer and filmmaker William Gunn "For Bill Gunn, at last, Jimmy B." and additionally "J.B." Baldwin scribbled over the words "Property of Actors Studio Theatre, 745 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y" with the

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Bo Diddley, 1990

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

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Boardinghouse bathroom window from which James Earl Ray shot and killed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 422 South Main Street, Memphis, April, 1968

H x W: 23 3/4 x 19 7/8 in. (60.3 x 50.5 cm)

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Bob Cranshaw, 1986

A black-and-white photograph of jazz musician Bob Cranshaw playing electric bass during a performance in Hollywood, FL. Cranshaw is photographed from a low angle and from the waist up. Part of the body and neck of the bass are visible. Cranshaw wears a white button up shirt and thick rimmed glasses.

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<I>Blue Dunk, Lisle, Ill. 1987</I>

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<I>Blue Mitchell, 1975</I>

<I>Blue Notes (Basquiat): Who's Who or a Pair of Aces #1</I>

<I>Blue Twirl</I>

<I>Blueprint</I>

<I>Blues People</I>

<I>Blues Wake</I>

<I>Blues for Mr. Charlie</I>

<I>Bo Diddley, 1990</I>

<I>Boardinghouse bathroom window from which James Earl Ray shot and killed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 422 South Main Street, Memphis, April, 1968</I>

<I>Bob Cranshaw, 1986</I>