Painting Chronology

31, 1961
50.5 x 36 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Actor, 1963
15 3/4 x 12 3/4 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Portrait of the Artist as an Artist, 1964
16 x 11 1/8 in.
Oil and collage on masonite

Many Sins, 1964
97.5 x 51.5 in
Oil on canvas

Dinner Time, 1965
39.5 x 51 in.
Oil on canvas

Cotton Choppers, 1965
25 x 35 in.
Oil on canvas

Flag Day, 1966
21 x 16 in.
Oil on canvas

Shadow Over the Land, 1966
59.5 x 51 in.
Oil on canvas

Heaven, 1967
44 x 50 in.
Oil on canvas

Studio
51.5 x 51 in.
Oil on canvas

Mr. America, 1967
28 x 24 in
Oil and collage on canvas

The Champion, 1967
50 x 50 in.
Oil and collage on canva

The Cop, 1968
24 x 18 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Mr. X, 1968
18 1/16 x 13 1/16 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Witness, 1968
48 x 48 in
Oil and collage on canvas

Did the Bear Sit Under a Tree?, 1969
50 x 61.75 x 2.25 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

No More Games, 1970
101 x 101.25 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Study for No More Games, 1974
37 3/4 x 74 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Wounded Sgt., 1970
20 x 16 in.
Oil and collage on board

Mother Earth, 1970
30 x 30 inches
Oil and collage on canvas

Symbols, 1971
436.5 x 99 in. (approx. 36ft x 8)
Oil and collage on canvas

Composition (Study for Trash)
50 x 92 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Trash
120 x 336 in. (10ft x 28ft)
Oil and collage on canvas

Circle
120 x 288 in. (10 x 24 ft.)
Oil and collage on canvas

Sexism, 1973
124 x 288 in (approx 10 x 24 ft)
Oil and collage on canvas

War Study #1, 1974
34 x 25 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

6 Floor Walkup, 1974
68 3/4 x 47 3/8 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Utopia, 1975
128 x 240 in. (10 ft 8 in. x 20 ft)
Oil and collage on canvas

Louie, 1977
59 1/2 x 51 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Shades, 1977
36 x 35 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Malice, 1978
50 x 42 inches
Oil and collage on canvas

The Park, 1978
36 x 49 3/4 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Here Comes the Wind, 1980
28 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.
Oil and collage on paper

Portrait of Ray Johnson, 1985
72 1/4 x 50 1/4
Oil and collage on canvas

Portrait of Norman Lewis, 1985
60 1/4 x 39 3/4 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Portrait of Despiar, 1985
72 3/8 x 52 1/2 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Duchamp, 1985
50 x 36 inches
Oil and collage on canvas

Study for Portrait of Oppression (Homage to Black South Africans), 1985
44 x 28 1/8 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Portrait of George C. Andrews, 1986
84 1/8 x 49 3/4 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Portrait of the Portrait Painter, 1987
80 x 100 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Portrait of Black Madonna, 1987
36 x 48 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Portrait of Nene Humphrey (the Artist’s Wife), 1987
60 x 50 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Miss Emma (The Southland Series), 1998
79 3/4 x 31 3/4 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

The Blacksmith (The Southland Series), 1988
82 x 43 1/2 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Oasis, 1989
50 1/4 x 72 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Church Going ‘Ikon,’ 1989
30 x 22 1/4 in.
Oil, ink, color pencil and collage on paper

Homeless, 1989
84 x 24 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Portrait of Collagist, 1989
91 3/8 x 51 1/4 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Poverty, 1990
50 x 38 1/4 in.
Oil and collage on paper

Cherokee, 1990
21 1/2 x 30 in.
Oil and collage on paper

Sorrow, 1990
40 x 26 in.
Oil and collage on paper

Thrust of Life, 1990
30 x 22 in.
Oil and collage on paper

Umbrellas, 1990
43 x 29 in.
Oil and collage on paper

Homeless, 1991
30 x 22 1/2 in.
Oil and collage on paper

Thresh Hold, 1992
Oil and collage on paper

Benny (Self Portrait), 1992
93 1/4 x 24 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Revival Meeting, 1994
50 x 72 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Sky Sash So Blue Study #2, 1997
Oil and collage on paper

Migration Blues, 1998
44 1/2 x 30 in.
Oil and collage on paper

Time for Church, 1998
60 x 26 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Flying High, 2000
42 x 24 in.
Oil and collage on paper

Family Study #3, 2000
39 1/4 x 27 1/2 in.
Oil and collage on paper

Idea Museum, 2002
70 1/2 x 39 in.
Oil and collage on paper

Cotton Monument, 2002
39 x 22 1/4 in.
Oil and collage on paper

Education Quest #1, 2004
30 x 22 1/2 in.
Oil and collage on paper

Harlem USA, 2004
54 x 72 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Migrant Packers, 2004
50 x 50 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Leaving Home, 2004
37 x 54 3/4 in.
Oil and collage on paper

Mississippi River Crossing, 2005
72 x 50 in
Oil and collage on canvas

Home Sick Blues, 2005
41 x 41 1/2 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Untitled, 2006
36 x 50 in.
Oil and collage on canvas

Trail of Tears, 2006
72 x 144 in.
Oil and collage on canvas