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Nude Playboy Cartoon, First African American Illustrator Elmer Simms Campbell
By E. Simms Campbell
Located in Miami, FL
E. Simms Campbell was the first and top black commercial artist in the USA for decades. In "Grandma," we see a deeply conceptual work, with the blank canvas as the main point of the...
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1960s Impressionist Vintage African American Art

Materials

Watercolor, Illustration Board, Pencil

Street Champion - Black and white, children playing in front of house
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
been included in a traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, African
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1980s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Berlin, Germany, African-American Soldier, Civil Rights, Iconic Photograph
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
an African-American soldier in Berlin is from Freed's seminal book Black in White America (p. 6). For
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1960s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Large Painting Photo Collage Martin Luther King African American Civil Rights
Located in Surfside, FL
group of African-American girls killed in a racially motivated church bombing in Alabama nearly 50 years
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1990s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Glass, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper

Untitled (Abstract African American Male Figure Study)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract African American Male Figure Study) Year
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1980s Renaissance Vintage African American Art

Materials

Ink

Flipping Boy, 4th Ward, Houston, TX by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., 1983
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
in a traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, African American Art
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1980s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

African American jazz composer, conductor, and musician David Baker, signed
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of African American jazz composer, conductor, and
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1990s Pop Art Vintage African American Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Street Champion, 4th Ward, Houston, TX - Children, Kids, House, Black Artist
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
in a traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, African American Art
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1980s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

New York, Brooklyn, African American Lifestyle 1960s, Fashion Show
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and the New York City police department
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1960s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Santa Claus Sexy Playboy Cartoon First African American Illustrator, Elmer Simms
By E. Simms Campbell
Located in Miami, FL
Santa has a quickie with Mom. Elmer Simms Campbell was the first African American Illustrator to
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1960s Realist Vintage African American Art

Materials

Watercolor, Illustration Board, Pencil

Feeling the Spirit by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., 1987, Silver Gelatin Print
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
, African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond. The exhibition catalog features
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1980s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Head Close Cut by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., 1990, Gelatin Silver Print
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
, African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond. The exhibition catalog features
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1990s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

"Chichen" after "Jaguar Eating Heart" Temple of the Eagles Walter Henry Williams
Located in Soquel, CA
American Art Museum David C. Driskell Center The Melvin Holmes Collection of African American Art
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1960s Modern Vintage African American Art

Materials

Ink, Acrylic, Rice Paper

African American Abstract Expressionist Etching Aquatint "Anatomy of Aphrodite"
By Warrington Colescott
Located in Portland, OR
An important abstract expressionist color aquatint etching by the celebrated African American
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Vintage African American Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

SCHOMBURG LIBRARY 1986 Lithograph, African American History, Black Culture
By Jacob Lawrence
Located in Union City, NJ
drew great inspiration from West African and Meso-American art. For his compositions, Lawrence found
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1990s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Lithograph

Mixed Media Neo Expressionist Painting Drawing African American Kids in Park
By Loren Munk
Located in Surfside, FL
19" inches sheet, framed 20.25" x 26" inches. This one is African American kids in a park at the
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Vintage African American Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker

Mixed Media Neo Expressionist Collage Painting African American Kids, Bicycle NY
By Loren Munk
Located in Surfside, FL
, 15" x 22" sheet, framed 23.5" x 30.5" .African American kids in a park. Done in a manner that recalls
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Vintage African American Art

Materials

Paint, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker

Flipping Boy, 4th Ward, Houston, TX by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., 1983
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
in a traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, African American Art
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1980s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Abstract Acrylic Mix Media Painting Cheryl Warrick African American Woman Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Cheryl Warrick (American, b. 1956), "Both Sides" 1998, acrylic and mixed media painting on paper
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1990s Abstract Vintage African American Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Abstract Acrylic Mix Media Painting Cheryl Warrick African American Woman Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
of Afro-American Artists, Roxbury, MA, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, and University of
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1990s Abstract Vintage African American Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Abstract Print African American Female Artist Wilhelmina Godfrey "Yesterday"
By Wilhelmina McAlpin Godfrey
Located in Buffalo, NY
School, attended the Art Institute of Buffalo, and studied at the School for American Craftsmen at the
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1980s Abstract Vintage African American Art

Materials

Lithograph

Words to the Wise , African American Memento Mori, Skeletons, Bay Area, Black
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed on palette, lower right, 'John Diallo Jones' (American, 20th century) and dated 1992. A
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1970s Vintage African American Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Black Panther Trials - Civil Rights Movement Police Violence African American
Located in Miami, FL
The Black Panther Trials - In this historically significant work, African American Artist Vicent D
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1970s American Modern Vintage African American Art

Materials

Watercolor, Pen, Pencil, Paper

Nude. African American Woman exhibited piece 1942 University of Iowa exhibited
By Coreen Mary Spellman
Located in San Antonio, TX
; National Exhibition of American Art, Rockefeller Center, New York; Greater Texas and PanAmerican
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1940s Impressionist Vintage African American Art

Materials

Oil

Black Power Pendant - Civil Rights Movement - African American
Located in Miami, FL
For those who remember the late 1960s, viewing this painting is as much a work of art as it is a
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1960s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen, Pencil

Harlem Beauty Contest, African American Fashion, Black and White Photograph
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
in White America, page 106. Predating Fashion Week the photograph punctuates African Americans
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1960s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

African American Dancer/Founder Donald McKayle leading his company in class
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
, the Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Smithsonian Archives of American Art
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1960s Pop Art Vintage African American Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

MORNING Signed Lithograph, Interior Scene Black Women, African American Culture
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
methods on archival Somerset printmaking paper, 100% acid free. MORNING by the African American master
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1970s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Lithograph

New York City, Harlem, Photograph of African American Life 1950s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
, Washington, D.C., and throughout the South, capturing the daily life of African-Americans. Documenting the
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1950s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

African American Large Vintage Color Photograph Dandy C Print Photo Ike Ude
By Iké Udé
Located in Surfside, FL
, artist/spectator, African/post-nationalist, mainstream/marginal, individual/everyman and fashion/art. Iké
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1990s Conceptual Vintage African American Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

African American Large Vintage Color Photograph Dandy C Print Photo Ike Ude
By Iké Udé
Located in Surfside, FL
, artist/spectator, African/post-nationalist, mainstream/marginal, individual/everyman and fashion/art. Iké
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1990s Conceptual Vintage African American Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

African American Large Vintage Color Photograph Dandy C Print Photo Ike Ude
By Iké Udé
Located in Surfside, FL
, artist/spectator, African/post-nationalist, mainstream/marginal, individual/everyman and fashion/art. Iké
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1990s Conceptual Vintage African American Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

Civil Rights Photography, African Americans 1960s, Southern State, Leonard Freed
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and the New York
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1960s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Woman Protestor, March on Washington, African-American Civil Rights Photography
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
, capturing the daily life of African-Americans. Documenting the 1960s Civil Rights Movement from the East
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1960s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

June 19th by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., Silver Gelatin Print, Photography
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
organized by the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights
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1980s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

African-American Civil Rights Photography, Washington Protest, Woman on Bus
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in
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1960s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Original 1950 travel poster Cyprien Fabre Europe, Africa, and the America
Located in PARIS, FR
became a key player in maritime passenger and cargo transport between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
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1950s Vintage African American Art

Materials

Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Fire Hydrant, Harlem, Portrait Photography of African American Children 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68
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1960s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital Pi...

G Caliman Coxe EXODUS 28 African-American Artist 1980 abstract red orange purple
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
entered the University of Louisville to study visual art in his forties. He was the first African American
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1980s Abstract Vintage African American Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

THE FAMILY Signed Lithograph, Black Family Portrait, Collage, African American
By James Denmark
Located in Union City, NJ
and textures, Denmark creates compositions that reflect African American heritage and culture. Denmark
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1980s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Lithograph

Mending , African American Woman Folk Artist, Houston, Dallas, Blues Museum Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
colors various aspects of African American secular and religious activities in Depression-era East Texas
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1980s Folk Art Vintage African American Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

1970 Haitian Mod Gold Painting Portrait of African American Woman Emilcar Simil
By Emilcar Similien (SIMIL)
Located in Surfside, FL
tradition, reflecting African roots with strong Indigenous, American and European aesthetic and religious
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1970s Modern Vintage African American Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic

Abstract minimalist lithograph by African-American artist: music, dance inspired
By John Dowell
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
than four decades, John Dowell’s fine art prints, paintings and photographs have been featured in more
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1980s Abstract Vintage African American Art

Materials

Lithograph

THE CONVERSATION Signed Lithograph, Black Women, Train, African American Culture
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
, suggests to the viewer the Great Migration(African American) - a mass movement of blacks from the rural
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1970s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Lithograph

Things Kept
Located in Fairlawn, OH
exhibition of African American Art. Russ Thompson (Born 1922- Jamaica Part of the late 1960’s Black
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1970s American Modern Vintage African American Art

Materials

Lithograph

Motif. Abstract, African American Artist Viola Leak Woodcut Silkscreen Print
By Viola Burley Leak
Located in Surfside, FL
Spirit Moves: African American Dance in History and Art" exhibit. This fine artist has taught art at
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1980s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Screen, Woodcut

G CALIMAN COXE Exodus 12 African American Artist 1980 abstract red orange purple
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
African American to receive a Hite Art Scholarship and its first African-American fine arts graduate. He
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1980s Abstract Vintage African American Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

THE LANTERN Hand Signed Lithograph, Collage Portrait, African American Heritage
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
paper, 100% acid free. THE LANTERN by the African American master artist and collagist Romare Bearden
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1970s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Lithograph

Original Signed Dated Female Nude Drawing African American Expressionist
Located in Portland, OR
, Baltimore, MD; Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY; California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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1960s Expressionist Vintage African American Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

GOING TO CHURCH Signed Lithograph, Southern Landscape, African American Heritage
By William Tolliver
Located in Union City, NJ
was the very first limited edition print created by the self-taught African American artist William
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1990s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Lithograph

MORNING OF THE ROOSTER Signed Lithograph, Black Woman, African American Culture
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
lithography methods on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid free, by the renowned African American artist
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1980s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Lithograph

FALLING STAR Signed Lithograph Black Woman Portrait, African American Culture
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
methods on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid free, by the renowned African American artist Romare
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1970s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Lithograph

Harlem NY, Black and White Photograph, African Americans, Fashion Show 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
fashion back in the day when African Americans in Harlem enjoyed long necklaces, glamorous gowns, and
Category

1960s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

QUILTING TIME Hand Signed Lithograph, Black Family Life African American Culture
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
methods on archival Somerset printmaking paper, 100% acid free. QUILTING TIME by the African American
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1980s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Lithograph

Mr. Harlem, Photograph of African American Life New York City 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
The image capturing African-American life in Harlem in the 1960s, Mr. Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed
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1960s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

New York City, Harlem, 1960s, Photograph of African-American Body Builder
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
The image of a body builder from the 1960s captures African-American life in Harlem in the 1960s
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1960s Contemporary Vintage African American Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

"Ethnographic Still Life, " Edith Kramer, African Mask and Shofar, Art Therapy
By Edith Kramer
Located in New York, NY
pioneer of American art therapy, Margaret Naumburg, had a similar goal of combining art and psychology
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20th Century American Modern Vintage African American Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Vintage African American Art For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate piece of vintage african american art for your needs in our varied inventory. In our selection of items, you can find Contemporary examples as well as a Modern version. If you’re looking for an item from our selection of vintage african american art from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 20th Century. If you’re looking to add a choice in our collection of vintage african american art to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of black, brown, gray, blue and more. There have been many interesting object in our assortment of vintage african american art examples over the years, but those made by Bernard Harmon, Leonard Freed, Jonathan Green, Romare Bearden and Andrew Turner are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these — often created in paint, oil paint and lithograph — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much is a Vintage African American Art?

A piece of vintage african american art can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $2,995, while the lowest priced sells for $75 and the highest can go for as much as $68,000.