Paperworks: Selections from the Permanent Collection focuses on works on paper produced from 1800–2000 and includes figurative, impressionistic, and abstract styles. Paper is a material that is extensively used and allows for a vast spectrum of applied techniques. The exhibition showcases the radically diverse range of works on paper created by African American and other artists over the last two centuries, and includes drawings, prints, paintings, and collages by Edward Mitchell Bannister, Romare Bearden, John Biggers, Robert Colescott, Sam Francis, Marvin Harden, Eugene Hawkins, Dominique Moody, Betye Saar, and Marion Sampler among others. The works on view include preparatory sketches that offer insight into the artist's process, as well as finished works that allude to these artists’ ongoing projects and artistic concerns. The visible diversity within the body of works display the artists’ varied interest and experiences, while demonstrating centuries of creative talent within the African American community and beyond.

Kim Abeles
Josef  Albers
Benny Andrews
Karel Appel
Herman Kofi Bailey, Jr.
Edward Mitchell Bannister
Romare Bearden
John Biggers
Fredrick James Brown
Arthur Carraway
Robert H. Colescott
David Clyde Driskell
Viredo Espinosa
Sam Francis
Herbert Gentry
Adolph Gottieb
Marvin Harden
Eugene Hawkins
Shiro Ikegawa
Suzanne Fitzallen Jackson
Justino Marinho Lalinnho
Joan Miro
Sue Jane Mitchell Smock
Dominique Moody
Pablo Picasso
Betye Saar
Marion Sampler
Rufino Tamyo
Antoni Tapies
Matthew Thomas
Elaine Towes
Victor Vasarely
Charles White