Large black sculpture in the shape of Africa. The form is covered in gold chains, circular photographs or "medallions" depicting prominent African American figures, and other images and text. The sculpture hangs on a white wall. "

Africa Restored (Cheryl as Cleopatra)

2003-ongoing

Kerry James Marshall American, born 1955

Artist
Kerry James Marshall
Origin
United States
Medium
Polystyrene and latex on plywood, with ink-jet prints mounted in laminated acrylic
Dimensions
203.3 × 144.8 × 88.9 cm (80 × 57 × 35 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Susan and Lewis Manilow
Reference Number #
2008.87
  • Elizabeth A. T. Smith and Tricia Van Eck, Kerry James Marshall: One True Thing: Meditations on Black Aesthetics, exh. cat. (Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2003), 12 (ill.), xxiv (color ill.), lxvii.
  • Matthew S. Witkovsky et al., "The Art Institute of Chicago Field Guide to Photography and Media," eds. Antawan I. Byrd, Elizabeth Siegel, and Carl Fuldner, pl. 122, p. 137 (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2023).
  • Joseph L. Underwood, "A Pan-African Blockbuster Portrays the Continent as a Monolith," Art in America, Mar. 27, 2025, Online, (color ill.), https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/project-black-planet-panafrica-chicago-barcelona-brussels-1234736805/
  • Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, One True Thing: Meditations on Black Aesthetics, Oct. 25, 2003 -Jan. 18, 2004, no cat. no.; Miami, Miami Art Museum, Feb. 6, 2004-Apr. 25, 2004; Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art, June 20, 2004-Sept. 5, 2004; New York City, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Oct. 13, 2004-Jan. 9, 2005, Birmingham, Birmingham Museum of Art, Feb. 3, 2005-Apr. 24, 2005.
Painting of three black youths gardening, residential towers loom in the background.

Many Mansions

Kerry James Marshall

Acrylic on paper mounted on canvas

1994

A work made of black and white conté crayon, with stumping, on ivory wove paper.

Study for "Many Mansions"

Kerry James Marshall

Black and white Conté crayon, with stumping, on ivory wove paper

1994

A work made of black and white conté crayon, with stumping, on ivory wove paper.

Study for Many Mansions (Profile)

Kerry James Marshall

Black and white Conté crayon, with stumping, on ivory wove paper

n.d.

A work made of charcoal on white wove paper.

Study for Many Mansions

Kerry James Marshall

Charcoal on white wove paper

1994

A work made of brown and black fiber-tipped pen on white wove paper, with a mechanically prepared blue grid.

Study for Many Mansions

Kerry James Marshall

Brown and black fiber-tipped pen on white wove paper, with a mechanically prepared blue grid

n.d.

A work made of black conté crayon on white wove paper.

Study for Many Mansions

Kerry James Marshall

Black Conté crayon on white wove paper

1994