VMoA Catalogue 2021 by VMoA

Valentine Museum of Art

Works from the Collection

Laura James: The Fantastic Story/Permanent loan from VMoA on view at Charles Evans Inniss Memorial Library at Medgar Evers College

Volume 1

Valentine Museum of Art

Patricia Brintle (Haïtian, b. 1946) Education: Self-taught Series: Thirteen Years Works: 125 paintings Medium: Oil on canvas Created: 2020–2021

Jon Singer (Jewish American, b. 1948) Education: BFA School of Visual Art Series: Map Works Works: 230 Medium: Pigment, stucco on board Created: 1999–2018

Monograph: Forthcoming

Works from the Collection

Valentine Museum of Art

Volume 1

Cover: re-fu-gee/VMoA at Philip Howard /photograph by Chris Cook Back cover: Laura James VMoA at Medgar Evers College Library/photograph by Manu Gupta

Valentine New York PO Box 100097 Brooklyn, NY 11210 347-651-6944 www.Valentinemuseumofart.com Works from the Collection - Volume 1 ISBN: 978-0-9767374-3-8 Editor: Debra P. Hershkowitz Designer: Robergeau Duverger Photographs by Jerry Jack, Gregory Costanzo, Manu Gupta, and Chris Cook Portraits by Donovan Nelson VMoA @ Philip Howard is a collaboration between Michael Valentine and Solomon Rokowsky, Don Roberts, and the Board of Directors at Philip Howard Apartments. Copyright © 2020 by Valentine New York. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Published and distributed by Valentine New York Printed and bound in U.S.A.

he healing power of art is known and acknowledged globally. The time in which we now live has compelled us to publish this catalogue of selected works from our collection. Valentine Museum of Art’s strategy is to collect deep into the creative’s artistic output. Among the 85 rare Hugh Bell photographs in our collection are sublime images of jazz legends captured throughout Bell’s sixty-year professional career. Frank Wimberley’s triumphant Drawing Project of 140 abstract works on paper confidently exudes spontaneity and the improvisational rhythms of jazz. Audrey Frank Anastasi’s 184 ref-u-gee paintings and Robergeau Duverger’s 150 Trafficking canvases remind us of the devastating one-two punch that war, climate change, and health crises bring to the global population. Forced migration disrupts families and leads to great human suffering, including human trafficking. Isha Shabaka’s “Letting Go” and Carl Hazelwood’s “Rebirth” are abstracts that speak to the healing powers of self-reflection, meditative healing through colors and textures. Donovan Nelson’s “The Students” confronts us with the gaze of our children—innocence, hope, curiosity, confidence. Chris Cook’s “Black Lives Matter” brings us to the issues of police brutality, judicial bias, and racial and wealth inequalities that run rampant in societies worldwide. Our collection was built to share. We are confident that institutions globally will exhibit these works.

Michael Valentine Portrait by Donovan Nelson

TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter from Michael Valentine 5 Hugh Bell 8 Frank Wimberley 24 Audrey Frank Anastasi 48 Robergeau Duverger 70 Donovan Nelson 86 Isha Shabaka 102 Carl E. Hazlewood 118 Chris Cook 134 Black-Owned Galleries & Museums

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Hugh Bell (St. Lucian American, 1927–2012) Education: BA New York University Series: Hugh Bell: Photographs, 1950-2000 Works: 85 photographs Medium: Silver Gelatin print/signed Created: 1950–2000 Monograph: published 2006 Edition size: 1500 (500 Billie Holiday Cover) Book size: 10 x 12 in. Plates: 100 Pages: 240 Weight: 5 pounds Release year: 2006

Hugh Bell Portrait by Donovan Nelson

Photographs 1950-2000/VMoA at Philip Howard/photograph by Gregory Costanzo

Photographs 1950-2000/VMoA at Philip Howard/ photograph by Gregory Costanzo

Billie Holiday, 1957 Silver Gelatin Print 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

Sarah Vaughn , 1955 Silver Gelatin Print 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

Bobby Timmons, 1972 Silver Gelatin Print 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

Thelonious Monk, 1975 Silver Gelatin Print 24 x 20 in. (60.96 x 50.8 cm)

Dave Brubeck, 1957 Silver Gelatin Print 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

Hot Jazz, 1954 Silver Gelatin Print 24 x 20 in. ( 60.96 x 50.8 cm)

Frank Wimberley (American, b. 1926) Education: Howard University Series: The Drawing Project Works: 140 drawings Medium: Arches paper, charcoal, oil stock, pastel, pencil Created: 2007–2008 Monograph: published 2018 Edition size: 250 Book size: 12 x 14 Plates: 150 Pages: 356 Weight: 9 pounds Release date: August 2018

Frank Wimberley Portrait by Donovan Nelson

The Drawing Project/VMoA at Philip Howard/photograph by Manu Gupta

Black Vertical 8, 2008 Oil stick on Arches Paper 30 x 22 31⁄ 6 in. (76.2 x 56.356 cm)

Black Vertical 10, 2008 Oil stick on Arches Paper 30 x 22 31⁄ 6 in. (76.2 x 56.356 cm)

Black Vertical 17, 2008 Oil stick on Arches Paper 30 x 22 31⁄ 6 in. (76.2 x 56.356 cm)

White Vertical 1, 2008 Oil stick on Arches Paper 30 x 22 31⁄ 6 in. (76.2 x 56.356 cm)

White Vertical 2, 2008 Oil stick on Arches Paper 30 x 22 31⁄ 6 in. (76.2 x 56.356 cm)

White Vertical 15, 2008 Oil stick on Arches Paper 30 x 22 31⁄ 6 in. (76.2 x 56.356 cm)

Black Horizontal 32, 2008 Oil stick, Pastel on Arches Paper 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm)

Black Horizontal 38, 2008 Oil stick, Pastel on Arches Paper 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm)

White Horizontal 7, 2008 Oil stick, Pastel on Arches Paper 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm)

White Horizontal 14, 2008 Oil stick, Pastel on Arches Paper 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm)

Audrey Frank Anastasi (Jewish American, b. 1949) Education: MFA Pratt Institute Series: ref-u-gee Works: 184 paintings Mediums: printed plasticized passport photo protectors; Sintra panel, oil paint Created: 2016–2019 Monograph: Summer 2021 Edition size: 250 Book size: 12 x 14 Plates: 184 Pages: 425 Weight: 11 pounds

Audrey Frank Anastasi Portrait by Donovan Nelson

ref-u-gee/VMoA at Philip Howard /photograph by Chris Cook

Boat Vertical #25, 2016–19 Acrylic paint on plasticized passport photo protectors 6 131⁄ 6 x 5 51⁄ 6 in. (17.30375 x 13.49375 cm)

Boat Horizontal #22, 2016–19 Acrylic paint on plasticized passport photo protectors 5 5 ⁄16 x 6 13 ⁄16 in. (13.49375 x 17.30375 cm)

Families Vertical #8, 2016–19 Acrylic paint on plasticized passport photo protectors 6 131⁄ 6 x 5 51⁄ 6 in. (17.30375 x 13.49375 cm)

Families Horizontal #4, 2016–19 Acrylic paint on plasticized passport photo protectors 5 5 ⁄16 x 6 13 ⁄16 in. (13.49375 x 17.30375 cm)

Fences Vertical #2, 2016–19 Acrylic paint on plasticized passport photo protectors 6 131⁄ 6 x 5 51⁄ 6 in. (17.30375 x 13.49375 cm)

Multitudes Horizontal #21, 2016–19 Acrylic paint on plasticized passport photo protectors 5 5 ⁄16 x 6 13 ⁄16 in. (13.49375 x 17.30375 cm)

Camps Horizontal #3, 2016–19 Acrylic paint on plasticized passport photo protectors 5 5 ⁄16 x 6 13 ⁄16 in. (13.49375 x 17.30375 cm)

Crowded Raft, 2017 Oil on Sintra panel 96 x 48 in., (243.84 x 121.92 cm)

Dead Boy, 2017 Oil on Sintra panel 96 x 48 in., (243.84 x 121.92 cm)

Robergeau Duverger (Haïtian, b. 1961) Education: MFA LIU Greenvale Series: Trafficking Works: 150 paintings Medium: Acrylic on Arches paper/canvas Created: 2009–2021 Monograph: Forthcoming

Robergeau Duverger Portrait by Donovan Nelson

Trafficking/VMoA at Philip Howard/photograph by Manu Gupta

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Lot 43109, 2009 Acrylic on rag paper 72 x 26 in. (182.88 x 66.04 cm) right

Lot 40021, 2009 Acrylic on rag paper 72 x 26 in. (182.88 x 66.04 cm)

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Dalin 2010, 2009 Acrylic on rag paper 72 x 26 in. (182.88 x 66.04 cm) right

Xianghi Lot 514017, 2009 Acrylic on rag paper 72 x 26 in. (182.88 x 66.04 cm)

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Twin Lot 2 - 6625, 2009 Acrylic on rag paper 72 x 26 in. (182.88 x 66.04 cm) right

Baby Sale 2020, 2009 Acrylic on rag paper 72 x 26 in. (182.88 x 66.04 cm)

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Mara 1245, 2009 Acrylic on rag paper 72 x 26 in. (182.88 x 66.04 cm) right

Mandingo Lot 72693, 2009 Acrylic on rag paper 72 x 26 in. (182.88 x 66.04 cm)

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Candy 1246, 2009 Acrylic on rag paper 72 x 26 in. (182.88 x 66.04 cm) right

Young Buck 93595, 2009 Acrylic on rag paper 72 x 26 in. (182.88 x 66.04 cm)

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Young Girls 12451, 2009 Acrylic on rag paper 72 x 26 in. (182.88 x 66.04 cm) right

Exotic Lot 22887, 2009 Acrylic on rag paper 72 x 26 in. (182.88 x 66.04 cm)

Donovan Nelson (Jamaican, b. 1969) Education: MFA New York Academy of Art Series: The Students Works: 35 paintings Medium: Oil on canvas board Created: 2000 Monograph: Forthcoming

Self-Portrait with Sons by Donovan Nelson

The Students/VMoA at Medgar Evers College Library/photograph by Ivy Nicole Jones

Student # 33, 2000 Oil on board 9 x 12 in., (22.86 x 30.48 cm)

Student # 16, 2000 Oil on board 9 x 12 in., (22.86 x 30.48 cm)

Student # 19, 2000 Oil on board 9 x 12 in., (22.86 x 30.48 cm)

Student # 3, 2000 Oil on board 9 x 12 in., (22.86 x 30.48 cm)

Student # 25, 2000 Oil on board 9 x 12 in., (22.86 x 30.48 cm)

Student # 4, 2000 Oil on board 9 x 12 in., (22.86 x 30.48 cm)

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Isha Shabaka (Jamaican, b. 1958) Education: BFA Pratt Institute Series: Letting Go Works: 107 paintings Medium: Acrylic on canvas/paper Created: 1999–2006 Monograph: Forthcoming

Isha Shabaka Photograph by Jerry Jack

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Letting Go/VMoA at Philip Howard/photograph by Manu Gupta

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Letting Go/VMoA at Philip Howard/photograph by Manu Gupta

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Untitled, 2006 Acrylic on canvas 55 x 44.5 in. (139.7 x 113.03 cm)

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Untitled, 2006 Acrylic on canvas 55 x 43 in. (139.7 x 109.22 cm)

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Untitled, 2003 Acrylic on canvas 45 x 31.5 in. (114.3 x 80 cm)

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Untitled, 2004 Acrylic on canvas 66 x 35.5 in. (167.64 x 90.424 cm)

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Untitled, 2004 Acrylic on canvas 66 x 38 in. (167.64 x 96.52 cm)

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Untitled, 2003 Acrylic on canvas 55 x 24 in. (139.7 x 60.69 cm)

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Carl E. Hazlewood (Guyanese American, b. 1950) Education: MA Hunter College Series: Rebirth Works: 150 paintings, mixed media collage Medium: Mylar, Canon paper, pastel, color pencil, polyester, vinyl tape, push pins, map pins, mixed mediums Created: 2020–2021 Monograph: Forthcoming

Carl E. Hazlewood Photograph by Chris Cook

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Carl E. Hazlewood in studio/photograph by Chris Cook

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Carl E. Hazlewood in studio/photograph by Chris Cook

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White Line-Grey Movement, 2020 polyester, vinyl tape, acrylic, push pins, map pins, & mixed mediums 72 x 56 in. (182.88 x 142.24 cm)

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Broken Red Spine-Black, 2020 polyester, vinyl tape, acrylic, push pins, map pins, & mixed mediums 76 x 47 in. (193.04 x 119.38 cm)

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Black Head Lyricism, 2020 cut papers, polyester, vinyl tape, color pencil, pigmented ink 37 x 25 in. (93.98 x 63.5 cm)

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White Circle series, 2020 Canon and other cut papers, colour pencils, pastel, translucent Mylar 12 x 9 in. (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

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White Circle series, 2020 Canon and other cut papers, colour pencils, pastel, translucent Mylar 12 x 9 in. (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

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White Circle series, 2020 Canon and other cut papers, colour pencils, pastel, translucent Mylar 12 x 9 in. (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

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Chris Cook (American, b. 1992) Education: Self-taught Series: Black Lives Matter Works: 150 photographs Medium: Silver Gelatin Print, Digital Print Created: 2020 Monograph: Forthcoming

Chris Cook Photograph by Chris Facey

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Sign, 2020 Silver Gelatin print 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

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The Point, 2020 Silver Gelatin print 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

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No Cop Zone, 2020 Silver Gelatin print 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

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Equality, 2020 Silver Gelatin print 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

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Streamed, 2020 Digital print 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

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Leader, 2020 Silver Gelatin print 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

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BLACK-OWNED GALLERIES & MUSEUMS USA Clark Atlanta University Art Museum (Atlanta, GA) Hammonds House Museum (Atlanta, GA) Spelman College Museum of Fine Art (Atlanta, GA) ZuCot Gallery (Atlanta, GA) Arnika Dawkins (Atlanta, GA) September Gray Fine Art (Atlanta, GA) Sabree’s Gallery of the Arts (Savannah, GA) Waller Gallery (Baltimore, MD) Galerie Myrtis (Baltimore, MD) The Gallery About Nothing (Baltimore, MD) Annie’s Art Gallery (Upper Marlboro, MD) CB Fine Arts (South Lee, MA) BlkMrktClt (Charlotte, NC) Dupp&Swat (Charlotte, NC) Anthony Gallery (Chicago, IL) Gallery Guichard (Chicago, IL) Gerald Griffin Gallery (Chicago, IL) ILA Gallery (Denver, CO) E&S Gallery (Louisville, KY) Terrance Osborne Gallery (New Orleans, LA) Stella Jones Gallery (New Orleans, LA) Rush Arts Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA) African American Museum in Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA) The Colored Girls Museum (Philadelphia, PA) The Spite Haus (Philadelphia, PA) Moody Jones Gallery (Glenside, PA) Northwest African American Museum (Seattle, WA) Mariane Ibrahim Gallery (Seattle, WA) Woodcuts Gallery & Framing (Nashville, TN) N’Namdi Contemporary Miami (Miami, FL) N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art (Detroit, MI) Dorsey’s Art Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) Ground Floor Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (Brooklyn, NY) The Bishop Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) Richard Beavers Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) s.k.ArtSpace (Brooklyn, NY) Welancora Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) Medium Tings (Brooklyn, NY) Jenkins Johnson Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) Bill Hodges Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) Housing (Brooklyn, NY) Essie Green Galleries (New York, NY) Hamilton Landmark Galleries (New York, NY) The Studio Museum in Harlem (New York, NY) Black Gotham (New York, NY) Cindy Rucker Gallery (New York, NY) Long Gallery Harlem (New York, NY)

Peg Alston Fine Arts (New York, NY) Skoto Gallery (New York, NY) Mackey Twins Art Gallery (Mount Vernon, NY) Gallery Kendra Jayne Patrick (New York, NY) Heath Gallery (New York, NY) June Kelly Gallery (New York, NY) Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba (New York, NY) The Compound (Bronx, NY) Skylight Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) Weeksville Heritage Center Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) Adriala Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) Akwaaba Gallery (Newark, NJ) Left of Center Art Gallery (Las Vegas, NV) Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum (Culver City, CA) The Underground Museum (Los Angeles, CA) California African American Museum (Los Angeles, CA) The William Grant Still Arts Center (Los Angeles, CA) Band of Vices (Los Angeles, CA) Nous Tous Community Gallery (Los Angeles, CA) Dreamhaus LA (Los Angeles, CA) Paulson Fontaine Press (Berkeley, CA) Betti Ono (Oakland, CA) Joyce Gordon Gallery (Oakland, CA) Thelma Harris Art Gallery (Oakland, CA) M. Hanks Gallery (Santa Monica, CA) 9•18•9 Studio Gallery (Charlotte, NC) Gallery Chuma (Charleston, SC) Neema Gallery (Charleston, SC) LyBensons’ Gallery (Beaufort, SC) Black Wall Street Gallery (Tulsa, OK) Hearne Fine Art (Little Rock, AR) Hampton University Museum (Hampton, VA) The Well Art Gallery (Richmond, VA) Walton Gallery (Petersburg, VA) Howard University Gallery of Art (Washington, DC) 11:Eleven gallery (Washington, DC) Art of Noize (Washington, DC) Homme DC (Washington, DC) Mehari Sequar Gallery (Washington, DC) BAHAMAS National Art Gallery of the Bahamas (Nassau, Bahamas) Doongalik Studios Art Gallery (Nassau, Bahamas) BELIZE The Museum of Belize (Belize City, Belize) HAÏTI Musée du Panthéon National (Port-au-Prince, Haïti) The National Museum of Art (Port-au-Prince, Haïti)

JAMAICA National Gallery of Jamaica (Kingston, Jamaica) The University of the West Indies Museum (Kingston, Jamaica) TRINIDAD De Legacy - House of El Tucuche (Cascade, Trinidad) Medulla Art Gallery (Port of Spain, Trinidad) ETHIOPIA Zoma Museum (Addis Ababa, ET) GHANA Berj Art Gallery (Labone, GH) Nubuke Foundation (Accra, GH) NIGERIA Retro Africa (Abuja, NGA) Thought Pyramid Art Centre (Abuja, NGA) Artyrama (Lagos, NGA) G.A.S. Foundation (Lagos, NGA) Mydrim Gallery (Lagos, NGA) SMO Contemporary Art (Lagos, NGA) Nike Art Center (Lagos, NGA) SENEGAL Black Rock (Dakar, SN) UGANDA Afriart Gallery (Kampala, UG) UNITED KINGDOM Ramp Gallery (London, UK) 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning (London, UK) Addis Fine Art (London, UK) Autograph ABP (London, UK) Black Cultural Archives (London, UK) Guest Projects (London, UK) Institute of International Visual Arts (London, UK) TAFETA (London, UK) FRANCE Gallery Nosco, (Marseille, FR) (S)ITOR (Paris, FR) GERMANY S A V V Y Contemporary (Berlin, GR) Sakhile & Me (Frankfurt, GR)

Patricia Brintle (Haïtian, b. 1946) Education: Self-taught Series: Thirteen Years Works: 125 paintings Medium: Oil on canvas Created: 2020–2021

Jon Singer (Jewish American, b. 1948) Education: BFA School of Visual Art Series: Map Works Works: 230 Medium: Pigment, stucco on board Created: 1999–2018

Monograph: Forthcoming

Valentine Museum of Art

Works from the Collection

Laura James: The Fantastic Story/Permanent loan from VMoA on view at Charles Evans Inniss Memorial Library at Medgar Evers College

Volume 1

Valentine Museum of Art