Six artworks are listed below, half require request for viewing and the rest are on view. Teachers who are not local can use these artworks digitally in teaching the lesson.
Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street at York Street
New Haven, CT 06510
203-432-0600
Artworks to view by request and to highlight in a gallery visit:
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https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/84444 (by request)
Power Figure (Nkisi N'kondi)
19th–early 20th century
African Art
On view, 1st floor, African Art
Medium: Wood with iron, cloth, mirror, leopard tooth, fiber, and porcelain
2 –
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/145239 (by request)
anklet
19th century
African Art
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium: Iron
3 –
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/112298 (by request)
Male Figures Holding a Serpent
12th–17th Century
African Art
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium: Iron
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https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/102158 (on view)
Oil lamp (Fitula)
19th century
African Art
On view, 1st floor, African Art
Medium: Iron
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https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/123346 (on view)
Gates and Transom from the Third Floor of the Old Art Gallery
Maker: Samuel Yellin (American, born Russia, 1884–1940)
1928
American Decorative Arts
On view, 3rd floor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design
Medium: Wrought Iron
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https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/219829 (on view)
Shadows of Liberty
Artist: Titus Kaphar (American, born 1976, M.F.A. 2006)
2016
Modern and Contemporary Art
On view, 3rd floor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design
Medium: Oil and rusted nails on canvas
