Self-Portrait, 1963–64. Oil on canvas; 29 3/4 × 26 3/4 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Self-Portrait, 1963–64

Still Life with Banana, 1965. Oil on canvas; 9 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York. (Chicago only)

Still Life with Banana, 1965

Untitled (Baseball), 1966. Oil on canvas; 15 1/2 × 11 3/4 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Untitled (Baseball), 1966

Untitled, 1967. Acrylic on canvas; 66 × 71 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Untitled, 1967

Untitled, 1967. Collage on cardboard; 6 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Untitled, 1967

Untitled, c. 1967. Acrylic on canvas; 14 × 16 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York. (Chicago only)

Untitled, c. 1967

Gray Space Frame, 1968. Ink and cray-pas on paper; 17 × 22 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Gray Space Frame, 1968

Space Frame, 1968. Graphite on graph paper; sheet: 17 1/2 × 22 in. Lent by Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence. Photo: Erik Gould, courtesy of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence

Space Frame, 1968

Untitled, 1968. Pastel on paper; 12 3/4 × 18 3/4 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Untitled, 1968

Untitled, 1968. Acrylic on canvas; 42 1/2 × 66 1/4 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Untitled, 1968

Untitled, c. 1968. Acrylic and cray-pas on canvas; 46 × 42 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Untitled, c. 1968

Space Frame, 1969. Acrylic and oil stick on canvas; 32 × 40 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Space Frame, 1969

Space Frame #3, 1969. Acrylic, crayon, and graphite on canvas; 36 × 53 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York. (Chicago only)

Space Frame #3, 1969

Untitled, 1969. Acrylic on canvas; 40 1/2 x 48 in.

Untitled, 1969

Untitled, 1969. Ink, crayon, and cray-pas on graph paper; 17 × 21 1/2 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Untitled, 1969

Untitled, 1969. Acrylic on canvas; 32 1/4 × 30 1/4 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Untitled, 1969

Untitled, 1970. Acrylic on canvas; 69 × 79 1/8 in. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Purchase, with funds from the Albert A. List Family 71.173.

Untitled, 1970

Untitled, 1970. Graphite, colored pencil, pastel, and acrylic on paper; 19 × 23 3/4 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Untitled, 1970

Untitled, 1968–70. Mixed-media assemblage, acrylic paint, canvas, grommets, and stuffing; 144 × 144 in. Mott-Warsh Collection, Flint, Michigan.

Untitled, 1968–70

Untitled, 1970. Ink on paper collage; 17 1/2 × 22 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Untitled, 1970

Untitled stencil, 1970. Acrylic on paper; 35 × 81 in. Courtesy the artist.

Untitled stencil, 1970

Untitled stencil, 1970. Mixed media; 43 x 67 1/2 in. Courtesy the artist.

Untitled stencil, 1970

Untitled stencil (detail), 1970. Acrylic on paper; 35 x 81 in. Courtesy the artist.

Untitled stencil (detail), 1970

Numbered hole punches, early 1970s. Ink on paper; each 1/8 in. diameter. Collection of Garth Greenan and Bryan Davidson Blue, New York.

Numbered hole punches, early 1970s

Untitled, 1971. Acrylic on canvas; 71 × 95 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York. (Chicago only)

Untitled, 1971

Untitled, 1972–73. Acrylic on canvas; 90 1/4 × 87 3/4 in. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment, 2017.8.

Untitled, 1972–73

Five, 1973. Ink on paper; 18 × 22 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York. (Chicago only)

Five, 1973

Grid Study #1, 1973. Acrylic on board; 11 × 12 3/4 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Grid Study #1, 1973

Grid Study #2, 1973. Acrylic on board; 9 1/4 × 10 1/2 in. Courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York. (Chicago only)

Grid Study #2, 1973

Removal 3/8, 1973. Mixed media on paper; 18 1/2 x 23 1/4 in.

Removal 3/8, 1973

Removal 3/8, 1973. Paper, acrylic, and crayon on paper; 19 1/4 × 18 3/4 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York. (Chicago only)

Removal 3/8, 1973

Removal 3/8, 1973. Mixed media on paper; 18 1/2 × 23 1/4 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Removal 3/8, 1973

Untitled, 1973. Graphite, ink, and collage on paper; 17 3/4 × 22 1/4 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York. (Chicago only)

Untitled, 1973

Untitled, 1973. Ink on paper collage; 17 1/2 x 90 3/8 in.

Untitled, 1973

Untitled (detail), 1973. Ink on paper collage; 17 1/2 x 90 3/8 in.

Untitled (detail), 1973

Untitled #2, 1973. Ink on paper collage; 11 × 16 1/2 in. Private collection, New York.

Untitled #2, 1973

Untitled #2, 1973. Ink and punched paper and graphite on paper; 22 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Friends of the Department Gifts and matching funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1978. Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY.

Untitled #2, 1973

Untitled #3, 1973. Ink on paper collage; 22 1/4 × 17 1/2 in. Collection of James Keith Brown and Eric Diefenbach, New York.

Untitled #3, 1973

Untitled #4, 1973. Mixed media on board; 10 × 8 in. Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr. and the Stevenson Family, by exchange, 2014 2014:14.1.

Untitled #4, 1973

Untitled #7, 1973. Ink on punched papers, talcum powder, and thread on oak tag; 10 1/8 × 8 3/8 in. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of Lily Auchincloss, 1974. (Chicago only)

Untitled #7, 1973

Untitled (Talcum Powder), 1973. Mixed media on board; 7 1/2 × 9 1/4 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Untitled (Talcum Powder), 1973

1–6031 with Additions, Corrections, and Coffee Stain, 1973. Ink on paper; 18 × 22 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

1–6031 with Additions, Corrections, and Coffee Stain, 1973

Untitled, 1973–74. Sculpt metal, wire, and paper on collage board; 20 × 16 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Untitled, 1973–74

Video Drawings: Baseball, 1973–76. Chromogenic print; 11 × 14 in. Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Gift of the Peter Norton Family Foundation, 1993.

Video Drawings: Baseball, 1973–76

Video Drawings: Science Fiction, 1973–76. Chromogenic print; 11 × 14 in. Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Gift of the Peter Norton Family Foundation, 1993.

Video Drawings: Science Fiction, 1973–76

Video Drawings: Swimming, 1973–76. Chromogenic print; 11 × 14 in. Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Gift of the Peter Norton Family Foundation, 1993.

Video Drawings: Swimming, 1973–76

Video Drawings: Swimming, 1973–76. Chromogenic print; 11 × 14 in. Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Gift of the Peter Norton Family Foundation, 1993.

Video Drawings: Swimming, 1973–76

Parabia Test #4, 1974. Ink and paper collage on vellum; three elements, each 11 × 8 1/2 in. Collection of Garth Greenan and Bryan Davidson Blue, New York.

Parabia Test #4, 1974

Untitled #20, 1974. Mixed media on board; 12 x 9 5/8 in.

Untitled #20, 1974

Untitled #27, 1974. Mixed media on board; 13 3/4 × 12 in. Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Gift of Donald Droll, 1983. (Chicago and Virginia only)

Untitled #27, 1974

Untitled #43, 1974. Watercolor, gouache, crayon, punched papers, spray adhesive, and thread on board; 7 7/8 × 9 1/2 in. Collection of Steven L. Jones, Philadelphia and Chicago. Photo: Jack.

Untitled #43, 1974

Untitled #58, 1974. Mixed media on board; 5 × 8 in. Collection of James Keith Brown and Eric Diefenbach, New York.

Untitled #58, 1974

Untitled #69, 1974. Watercolor, crayon, and paper collage; 8 × 6 in.High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Purchase, 1983.78.

Untitled #69, 1974

Video Drawings: Tokyo TV, 1974–75. Chromogenic print; 5 × 7 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York. (Chicago only)

Video Drawings: Tokyo TV, 1974–75

Video Drawings: Tokyo TV, 1974–75. Chromogenic print; 5 × 7 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York. (Chicago only)

Video Drawings: Tokyo TV, 1974–75

Untitled, 1974–75. Mixed media on canvas; 69 3/4 × 94 in. Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody.

Untitled, 1974–75

Untitled, 1975. Ink on paper collage; 6 1/2 × 6 1/4 in. Keswin Family Collection. (Chicago only)

Untitled, 1975

Untitled #3, 1975. Ink on paper collage; 6 1/2 × 6 3/4 in. Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey, Museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund. Photo: Princeton University Art Museum/Art Resource, NY

Untitled #3, 1975

Untitled #8, 1975. Ink on paper collage; 6 1/4 × 11 in. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Gift of Anne Wilkes Tucker.

Untitled #8, 1975

Untitled #73, 1975. Watercolor, gouache, crayon, ink, punched papers, spray adhesive, and thread on board; 7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. Collection of Steven L. Jones, Philadelphia and Chicago.

Untitled #73, 1975

Video Drawings: Baseball, 1975. Chromogenic print; 4 5/8 × 6 7/8 in. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Purchase. Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY (Chicago only)

Video Drawings: Baseball, 1975

Video Drawings: Hockey, 1975. Chromogenic print; 8 × 10 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Video Drawings: Hockey, 1975

Video Drawings: Hockey, 1975. Chromogenic print; framed: 14 × 16 1/8 in. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Anixter Art Acquisition Fund, 2016.7.

Video Drawings: Hockey, 1975

Video Drawings: Science Fiction (Flash Gordon), 1975. Chromogenic print; 4 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York. (Chicago only)

Video Drawings: Science Fiction (Flash Gordon), 1975

Video Drawings: Science Fiction (Metropolis), 1975. Chromogenic print; 4 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Video Drawings: Science Fiction (Metropolis), 1975

Video Drawings: Swimming, 1975. Chromogenic print; framed: 14 × 16 1/8 in. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Anixter Art Acquisition Fund, 2016.6.

Video Drawings: Swimming, 1975

Video Drawings: Weightlifting, 1975. Chromogenic print; 5 x 7 in.

Video Drawings: Weightlifting, 1975

Prism #3, 1976. Ink on paper collage; 6 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. Private collection. (Chicago only)

Prism #3, 1976

Untitled #16, 1976. Mixed media on canvas; 66 1/2 × 83 1/2 in. Courtesy of Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn.

Untitled #16, 1976

Video Drawings: Abstract, 1976. Chromogenic print; framed: 13 1/4 × 16 in. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Anixter Art Acquisition Fund, 2016.8. (Chicago only)

Video Drawings: Abstract, 1976

Video Drawings: Baseball, 1976. Chromogenic print; 8 × 10 in. Private collection, courtesy of Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles.

Video Drawings: Baseball, 1976

Video Drawings: Hockey, 1976. Chromogenic print; 4 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Video Drawings: Hockey, 1976

Video Drawings: Science Fiction (Flash Gordon), 1976. Chromogenic print; 4 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Video Drawings: Science Fiction (Flash Gordon), 1976

Video Drawings: Track, 1976. Chromogenic print; 4 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Video Drawings: Track, 1976

Scrap of Video Drawing template, 1976. Ink on acetate; 4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.

Scrap of Video Drawing template, 1976

Scrap of Video Drawing template, 1976. Ink on acetate; 3 ¼ x 6 in.

Scrap of Video Drawing template, 1976

Scrap of Video Drawing template, 1976. Ink on acetate; 6 1/4 × 9 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Scrap of Video Drawing template, 1976

Scrap of Video Drawing template, 1976. Ink on acetate; 5 × 7 1/4 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Scrap of Video Drawing template, 1976

Scrap of Video Drawing template, 1976. Ink on acetate; 7 × 7 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Scrap of Video Drawing template, 1976

Scrap of Video Drawing template, 1976. Ink on acetate; 11 1/2 × 16 1/4 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Scrap of Video Drawing template, 1976

New York: Night Light, 1977. Mixed media on canvas; 82 1/2 × 96 3/4 in. Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, Bequest of Arthur B. Michael, by exchange, 2014, 2014:14.2. (Chicago only)

New York: Night Light, 1977

Untitled, 1977. Acrylic, paper, glitter, sequins, and string on canvas; 83 1/2 × 99 in. Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey, Museum purchase, Carl Otto von Kienbusch, Jr. Memorial Collection Fund. (Chicago only)

Untitled, 1977

Untitled #18, 1977. Mixed media on canvas; 83 × 87 in. Rose Art Museum, Rose Art Special Fund 2014.24.

Untitled #18, 1977

Untitled #80, 1977. Acrylic on paper, powder, and pigment; 14 × 17 in. Private collection. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago.

Untitled #80, 1977

Untitled #84, 1977. Mixed media on board; 12 1/2 × 18 in. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Broughton. (Chicago only)

Untitled #84, 1977

Untitled, 1978. Mixed media on canvas; 83 × 113 in. Collection of Michael Rosenfeld, London.

Untitled, 1978

Untitled, 1978. Acetate graph paper, ink, and paper mounted on paper; 9 × 7 in. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, gift of N.A.M.E. Gallery, 1978.39.176. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Untitled, 1978

Untitled #98, 1978. Mixed media on board; 10 × 9 in. Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody.

Untitled #98, 1978

Untitled #20 (Dutch Wives Circled and Squared), 1978. Mixed media on canvas; 86 × 110 in. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, gift of Albert A. Robin by exchange, 2014.15.

Untitled #20 (Dutch Wives Circled and Squared), 1978

Untitled #20 (Dutch Wives Circled and Squared) (detail), 1978. Mixed media on canvas; 86 x 110 in. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, gift of Albert A. Robin by exchange, 2014.15.

Untitled #20 (Dutch Wives Circled and Squared) (detail), 1978

#108 Memory Series: Sorry, It Was an Accident, 1979. Mixed media; 14 × 17 in. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, The Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Collection of African American Art GMOA 2012.144. Image © George Museum of Art, University of Georgia. (Chicago and Virginia only)

#108 Memory Series: Sorry, It Was an Accident, 1979

Memory Test: Free, White and Plastic #114, 1979–80. Cut and pasted and painted punched paper, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, ink, thread, nails, mat board, spray adhesive, and plastic on cardboard; 20 7/8 × 20 7/8 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1980 (1980.150). Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY. (Chicago only)

Memory Test: Free, White and Plastic #114, 1979–80

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980. U-matic (color, sound); 12 minutes, 15 seconds.

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980. U-matic (color, sound); 12 minutes, 15 seconds.

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980. U-matic (color, sound); 12 minutes, 15 seconds.

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980. U-matic (color, sound); 12 minutes, 15 seconds.

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980

Free, White and 21, 1980. U-matic (color, sound); 12 minutes, 15 seconds. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, gift of Garth Greenan and Bryan Davidson Blue, 2014.22.

Free, White and 21, 1980

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980. U-matic (color, sound); 12 minutes, 15 seconds.

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980. U-matic (color, sound); 12 minutes, 15 seconds.

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980. U-matic (color, sound); 12 minutes, 15 seconds.

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980. U-matic (color, sound); 12 minutes, 15 seconds.

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980. U-matic (color, sound); 12 minutes, 15 seconds.

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980. U-matic (color, sound); 12 minutes, 15 seconds.

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980. U-matic (color, sound); 12 minutes, 15 seconds.

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980. U-matic (color, sound); 12 minutes, 15 seconds.

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980. U-matic (color, sound); 12 minutes, 15 seconds.

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980. U-matic (color, sound); 12 minutes, 15 seconds.

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980. U-matic (color, sound); 12 minutes, 15 seconds.

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980. U-matic (color, sound); 12 minutes, 15 seconds.

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980. U-matic (color, sound); 12 minutes, 15 seconds.

Still from Free, White and 21, 1980

Feast Day of Iemanja II December 31, 1980, 1980. Acrylic, dye, paper, powder, thread, glitter, and sequins on canvas; 86 × 103 in. The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, gift of Diane and Steven Jacobson, New York, 1986.2.

Feast Day of Iemanja II December 31, 1980, 1980

Untitled (Peace), c. 1980. Acrylic and paper collage; 23 × 29 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Untitled (Peace), c. 1980

Memory: Past, 1980–81. Synthetic polymer paint, dye, paper, thread, tempera, photographic transfer, glitter, and powder on canvas; 126 × 86 in. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds and Gift of The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art, 2014. (Chicago only)

Memory: Past, 1980–81

Memory: Future, 1980–81. Mixed media on canvas; 83 × 116 1/2 in. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Museum purchase with funds donated by Barbara L. and Theodore B. Alfond through the Acorn Foundation in honor of Ann and Graham Gund Director, Matthew D. Teitelbaum, 2015.2836. (Chicago only)

Memory: Future, 1980–81

Memory: Future (detail), 1980–81. Mixed media on canvas; 83 x 116 1/2 in.

Memory: Future (detail), 1980–81

Tarot: Hanged Man, 1981. Mixed media on canvas; 36 × 156 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Tarot: Hanged Man, 1981

Autobiography: Japan (Hiroshima Disguised), 1982. Acrylic, paper, dye, and gouache on cut and sewn canvas; 60 × 132 in. National Academy Museum, New York, Gift of Howardena Pindell, 2009. (Chicago only)

Autobiography: Japan (Hiroshima Disguised), 1982

Autobiography: Japan (Pagoda Forest), 1982. Tempera, gouache, and paper collage; 17 × 20 × 5 in. Collection Everson Museum of Art, Gift of the Academy of Arts and Letters. (Chicago only)

Autobiography: Japan (Pagoda Forest), 1982

M64, 1982. Mixed media on canvas; 51 × 88 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

M64, 1982

Miajima, 1982. Mixed-media assemblage, canvas, acrylic paint, glitter, and paper; 72 × 50 in. Mott-Warsh Collection, Flint, Michigan. (Chicago only)

Miajima, 1982

Autobiography: Art/East, 1986–89. Acrylic, gouache, tempera, and postcards on museum board; 38 1/2 × 26 3/4 × 2 in. Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. The Harold A. and Ann R. Sorgenti Collection of Contemporary African-American Art.

Autobiography: Art/East, 1986–89

Autobiography: East/West (Bamboo Forest), 1983. Gouache, tempera, and postcards on paper; 21 × 27 × 4 in. Collection of Newark Museum, New Jersey, Purchase 1985 Felix Fuld Bequest Fund.

Autobiography: East/West (Bamboo Forest), 1983

Autobiography: East/West (Gardens), 1983. Mixed media on board; 34 × 23 × 4 in. Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, Gift of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters; Hassam, Speicher, Betts, and Symons Funds, 1992.

Autobiography: East/West (Gardens), 1983

Autobiography: India (Lakshmi), 1984. Mixed-media collage on paper; 17 3/4 × 26 3/4 × 2 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Autobiography: India (Lakshmi), 1984

Autobiography: India (Shiva, Ganges), 1985. Mixed media on canvas; 39 1/2 × 117 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York. (Chicago only)

Autobiography: India (Shiva, Ganges), 1985

Autobiography: Africa (Red Frog II), 1986. Mixed media on canvas; 78 × 70 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Autobiography: Africa (Red Frog II), 1986

Autobiography: Fire (Suttee), 1986–87. Mixed media on canvas; 90 × 56 in. Collection of Nancy and Peter Huber.

Autobiography: Fire (Suttee), 1986–87

Autobiography: Earth (Eyes, Injuries), 1987. Mixed media on canvas; 88 × 78 in. Collection of George and Carmen N’Namdi.

Autobiography: Earth (Eyes, Injuries), 1987

Autobiography: Earth (Undersea Tolland), 1987. Mixed media on canvas; 70 × 105 in. Collection of Mary and James Bell, courtesy of N’Namdi Contemporary Fine Art. (Chicago only)

Autobiography: Earth (Undersea Tolland), 1987

Rambo Real Estate: Homelessness, 1987. Acrylic, newspaper, vinyl tape, and tempera on paper; 45 × 42 in. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Bernice and Kenneth Newberger Fund, 1997.80.

Rambo Real Estate: Homelessness, 1987

Art Crow/Jim Crow, 1988. Artist's book: photoetching and letterpress; object (book): 7 × 7 1/2 in.; exterior case (sleeve): 9 x 10 1/4 in. Yale University Art Museum, A. Conger Goodyear, B.A. 1899, Fund.

ART CROW/JIM CROW, 1988

Autobiography: Air (CS560), 1988. Acrylic, tempera, oil stick, blood, paper, polymer photo transfer, and vinyl on canvas; 86 × 84 in. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, with funds from Joan and Armando Ortiz Foundation, Friends of Modern Art, Avery K. Williams, Lynn E. Weaver, Ronald Maurice Ollie, and Kimberly Moore.

Autobiography: Air (CS560), 1988

Autobiography: Water (Ancestors/Middle Passage/Family Ghosts), 1988. Acrylic and mixed media on canvas; 118 × 71 in. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund.

Autobiography: Water (Ancestors/Middle Passage/Family Ghosts), 1988

War: Agent Orange (Vietnam #1), 1988. Chromogenic print; 18 × 24 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

War: Agent Orange (Vietnam #1), 1988

War: Cambodia (Over 5 Million Killed), 1988. Chromogenic print; 8 × 10 in. Private collection, courtesy of Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles.

War: Cambodia (Over 5 Million Killed), 1988

War: The “L” Word (George Bush), 1988. Chromogenic print; 18 × 24 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

War: The “L” Word (George Bush), 1988

War: South Africa #1, 1988. Chromogenic print; 18 × 24 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

War: South Africa #1, 1988

War: A Thousand Points of Light (White Phosphorus), 1988. Chromogenic print; 18 × 24 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

War: A Thousand Points of Light (White Phosphorus), 1988

War: Starvation (Sudan #1), 1988. Chromogenic print; 18 × 24 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

War: Starvation (Sudan #1), 1988

Autobiography: The Search (Chrysalis/Meditation, Positive/Negative), 1988–89. Acrylic, tempera, oil stick, cattle markers, paper, vinyl tape, and polymer photo transfer on canvas; 72 × 112 in. Collection of Steven L. Jones, Philadelphia and Chicago.

Autobiography: The Search (Chrysalis/Meditation, Positive/Negative), 1988–89

Nelson Mandella Parade, 1988–90. Collage of colored photographs; 23 1/2 × 15 in. Collection of Cheryl Mayberry Mckissack and Eric McKissack. Image courtesy of Eric McKissack.

Nelson Mandella Parade, 1988–90

Autobiography: Egypt (Cairo Residential, 1974), 1989. Cibachrome, acrylic, and tempera on board; 8 1/2 × 18 × 2 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Autobiography: Egypt (Cairo Residential, 1974), 1989

Autobiography: Switzerland (Road to Lucerne), 1989. Cibachrome, acrylic, and tempera on board; 9 × 17 × 2 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Autobiography: Switzerland (Road to Lucerne), 1989

Autobiography: Scapegoat, 1990. Acrylic, tempera, oil stick, and polymer photo transfer on canvas; 76 1/2 x 139 1/2 in. The Studio Museum in Harlem, Museum Purchase. Image courtesy of the Studio Museum in Harlem.

Autobiography: Scapegoat, 1990

Separate But Equal Genocide: Apartheid, 1990–91. Mixed media; 24 x 21 1/2 in.

Separate But Equal Genocide: Apartheid, 1990–91

“Till Birnam Wood Remove to Dunsinane” (Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 3), 1991. Mixed media on canvas; 51 × 88 in. Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody.

“Till Birnam Wood Remove to Dunsinane” (Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 3), 1991

“Till Birnam Wood Remove to Dunsinane” (Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 3) (detail), 1991. Mixed media on canvas; 51 x 88 in.

“Till Birnam Wood Remove to Dunsinane” (Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 3) (detail), 1991

Columbus, 1991–92. Mixed media on canvas; 88 x 97 in.

Columbus, 1991–92

Separate But Equal Genocide: AIDS, 1991–92. Mixed media on canvas; 75 1/2 × 91 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Separate But Equal Genocide: AIDS, 1991–92

Untitled, 1995. Acrylic, vinyl, and paper collage on canvas; 30 × 24 1/4 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Untitled, 1995

Owo-Eru, 1999. Etching, edition of 2; 15 1/4 × 24 3/4 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York. (Chicago only)

Owo-Eru, 1999

Diallo, 2000. Mixed media on canvas; 46 × 40 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Diallo, 2000

Astronomy: Northern Hemisphere (August–September 1997), 2000–2001. Ink, acrylic, and gouache on paper; 12 3/4 × 16 3/4 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York. (Chicago only)

Astronomy: Northern Hemisphere (August–September 1997), 2000–2001

Astronomy: Northern Hemisphere (May 2000), 2000–2001. Ink, acrylic, and gouache on paper; 12 3/4 × 16 3/4 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Astronomy: Northern Hemisphere (May 2000), 2000–2001

Untitled #22, 2003. Mixed media on board; 7 1/8 × 8 3/4 × 1/2 in. Private collection, courtesy of Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles.

Untitled #22, 2003

Untitled #26, 2003. Mixed-media assemblage, thread, paper, and pigment; 7 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. Mott-Warsh Collection, Flint, Michigan.

Untitled #26, 2003

Astronomy: Saturn, Mars, Disks of Orion, 2004. Ink, acrylic, and gouache on paper; 12 3/4 × 16 1/2 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Astronomy: Saturn, Mars, Disks of Orion, 2004

Astronomy: Nebula NGC6826, 2005. Ink, acrylic, and gouache on paper; 8 5/8 × 11 3/4 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Astronomy: Nebula NGC6826, 2005

Autobiography: Past and Present II, 2005. Lithograph, edition of 58; 21 1/4 × 57 1/2 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Autobiography: Past and Present II, 2005

Autobiography: Past and Present II, 2005. Lithograph, edition of 58; 21 1/4 × 57 1/2 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Autobiography: Past and Present II, 2005

Astronomy: Saturn, Neptune, 2006. Ink, acrylic, and gouache on paper; 9 1/4 × 11 3/4 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Astronomy: Saturn, Neptune, 2006

Katrina: Footprints Drawn, 2007. Lithograph; 21 1/4 × 26 in. Collection of James Blue and Florence Davidson, Australia. (Chicago only)

Katrina: Footprints Drawn, 2007

Untitled #5B (Krakatoa), 2007. Mixed media on paper collage; 13 × 21 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Untitled #5B (Krakatoa), 2007

Untitled #88 (Dragon), 2007. Mixed media on paper collage; 15 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 3 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York. (Chicago only)

Untitled #88 (Dragon), 2007

Video Drawings: News, 2007. Cibachrome; 8 × 10 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York. (Chicago only)

Video Drawings: News, 2007

4C The Planets, 2007. Mixed-media assemblage, string, paper, and pigment; 9 1/2 × 12 × 3 in. Mott-Warsh Collection, Flint, Michigan.

4C The Planets, 2007

Astronomy: Saturn, Nebula, 2008. Ink, acrylic, and gouache on paper; 16 in. diameter. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Astronomy: Saturn, Nebula, 2008

Astronomy: Mars, Perseus, Whirlpool Galaxy, 2009. Ink, acrylic, and gouache on paper; 9 × 12 1/2 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York. (Chicago only)

Astronomy: Mars, Perseus, Whirlpool Galaxy, 2009

Untitled #4D, 2009. Mixed media on paper collage; 7 × 10 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York. (Chicago only)

Untitled #4D, 2009

Untitled #49, 2010. Mixed media on board; 12 1/2 × 10 3/4 in. Spelman College Museum of Fine Art. Purchased with support from Elynor A. Williams C’1966, in honor of her mother, Naomi Douglas Williams.

Untitled #49, 2010

Pindell/DNA, 2012. Offset lithograph, edition 9 of 40; 22 × 14 1/4 in. Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Art by Women Collection, Gift of Linda Lee Alter. © 2012 Howardena Pindell.

Pindell/DNA, 2012

Globular Cluster, 2014. Mixed media on paper; 9 × 11 3/8 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Globular Cluster, 2014

Hunger: The Color of Bones, 2014. Mixed media; 71 × 140 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York. (Chicago only)

Hunger: The Color of Bones, 2014

Hunger: The Color of Bones (detail), 2014. Mixed media; 71 x 140 in.

Hunger: The Color of Bones (detail), 2014

Nautilus #1, 2014–15. Mixed media on canvas; 68 × 72 in. Collection of Jacqueline Bradley and Clarence Otis, Windermere, Florida.

Nautilus #1, 2014–15

Night Flight, 2015–16. Mixed media on canvas; 75 × 63 in. Collection of Philip Holzer, Frankfurt am Main.

Night Flight, 2015–16

Night Flight (detail), 2015–16. Mixed media on canvas; 75 x 63 in. Collection of Philip Holzer, Frankfurt am Main.

Night Flight (detail), 2015–16

Untitled, n.d. Ink and collage on paper; 11 × 8 1/2 in. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Untitled, n.d.

Howardena Pindell with her class at the Stockholm Institute, Sweden, 1946.

Howardena Pindell with her class at the Stockholm Institute, Sweden, 1946

Howardena Pindell at her first exhibition, Faith Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, January 1958. Photo: Howard Wells.

Howardena Pindell at her first exhibition, Faith Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, January 1958

Howardena Pindell in her studio at Yale University School of Art and Architecture, 1966. Photo courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Howardena Pindell in her studio at Yale University School of Art and Architecture, 1966

Howardena Pindell in her office at the Museum of Modern Art, 1967. Photo courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Howardena Pindell in her office at the Museum of Modern Art, 1967

Untitled, 1968–70 (mixed-media assemblage, acrylic paint, canvas, grommets, and stuffing; 144 x 144 in.), in Pindell’s studio at Westbeth Artists Housing, New York, c. 1970.

Untitled, 1968–70, in Pindell's studio at Westbeth Artists Housing, New York, c. 1970

Amy Stromson, Howardena Pindell in her loft at 322 Seventh Ave, New York, c. 1970–71.

Howardena Pindell in her loft at 322 Seventh Ave, New York, c. 1970–71

Howardena Pindell in her studio at Westbeth Artists Housing, New York, c. 1970–71. Photo: Howard Wells.

Howardena Pindell in her studio at Westbeth Artists Housing, New York, c. 1970–71

Howardena Pindell in her loft at 322 Seventh Avenue, New York, c. 1970–71. Photo: Amy Stromson.

Howardena Pindell in her loft at 322 Seventh Avenue, New York, c. 1970–71

Art Workers’ Coalition protest at the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1971, showing Michele Wallace (center) and Faith Ringgold (right). Photo: Jan van Raay.

Art Workers’ Coalition protest at the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1971

Howardena Pindell in her studio, in front of hole-punched templates, c. 1972.

Howardena Pindell in her studio, in front of hole-punched templates, c. 1972

Howardena Pindell in her studio, in front of Untitled (1968–70), c. 1972.

Howardena Pindell in her studio, in front of Untitled (1968–70), c. 1972

A.I.R. members, 1972. Courtesy A.I.R. Archive, Fales Library, New York University.

A.I.R. members, 1972

A.I.R. members, 1973. Courtesy of A.I.R. Archives, Fales Library, New York University. Photo: David Attie.

A.I.R. members, 1973

Fritjof Capra, The Tao of Physics: The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism. Boulder, CO: Shambala Publications, 1975. Book; 9 x 6 x ¾ in. Museum of Contemporary Art Library and Archives.

Fritjof Capra, The Tao of Physics: The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism, 1975

Agenda for Action Against Racism in the Arts, 1979.

Agenda for Action Against Racism in the Arts, 1979

Press release for Artists Space, 1979.

Press release for Artists Space, 1979

Letter from the Black Artists Emergency Coalition to Artists Space, 1979.

Letter from the Black Artists Emergency Coalition to Artists Space, 1979

Open letter to Artists Space, signed by Carl Andre, Amy Baker, Rudolf Baranik, Edit DeAk, Cliff Josephs, Kate Linker, Lucy Lippard, Howardena Pindell, Faith Ringgold, Ingrid Sischy, May Stevens, and Tony Whitfield, March 5, 1979.

Open letter to Artists Space, March 5, 1979

Black Emergency Cultural Coalition flyer, 1979.

Black Emergency Cultural Coalition flyer, 1979

Black Artists Emergency Coalition demonstration at Artists Space, New York, April 14, 1979. Photo: Donna De Salvo, Collection of Photographer.

Black Artists Emergency Coalition demonstration at Artists Space, New York, April 14, 1979

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Howardena Pindell from the series Art World, 1980. Gelatin silver print, edition 2 of 2; 12 ¾ x 10 3/8 in. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Neil E. Kelley, 2006.867. © Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, All Rights Reserved. Courtesy of Hiram Butler Gallery.

Howardena Pindell from the series Art World, 1980

Howardena Pindell in Kamakura, Japan, 1981.

Howardena Pindell in Kamakura, Japan, 1981

Dawoud Bey, Howardena Pindell, c. 1985. Copyright © 2017 Dawoud Bey.

Howardena Pindell, c. 1985

PESTS, Newsletter 1, no. 2 (1987). Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2008.M.14). © PESTS.

PESTS, Newsletter 1, no. 2 (1987)

Installation view of Howardena Pindell: Paintings, 1974–1980, Garth Greenan Gallery, New York, April 10–May 17, 2014.

Installation view of Howardena Pindell: Paintings, 1974–1980, Garth Greenan Gallery, New York, April 10–May 17, 2014

Howardena Pindell at Garth Greenan Gallery, New York, September 2017. © Katherine McMahon, courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York

Howardena Pindell