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Exhibition
Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room
November 5, 2021–Ongoing
Now on view at
The Met Fifth Avenue
in
Gallery 508
Free with Museum admission
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Overview
Visiting Guide
Exhibition Objects
Meet The Artists
Bowl
Italian, Venice (Murano)
18th century
Cruet
Italian, Venice (Murano)
18th–19th century
Bottle (Kuttrolf)
German
probably 17th century
Double flasks
probably German
18th century
Jar with cover
Italian, Venice (Murano)
16th century
Pipe Box
American
1700–1800
Warming Pan
1770–1830
Churn
1700–1800
Kettle
1700–1900
Covered Jar
American
1800–1900
Jar
1796–1819
Mortar and pestle
British or American
second half 18th century
Batter jug
American
1882–85
Salt Box
American
ca. 1850
Shovel
1770–1830
Power Figure: Male (Nkisi)
Kongo peoples
19th–20th century
Staff (Recade): Bird
Fon peoples
19th century
Prestige Stool: Leopard
Bamileke or Bamum
19th–20th century
Ceremonial Palm Wine Vessel
Grassfields region
19th–20th century
Crucifix
Kongo peoples
17th century
Reliquary glass
Italian, Venice (Murano)
19th century
Untitled
1997
In Sojourner Truth I Fought for the Rights of Women as well as Negroes, from “The Negro Woman” series
1947
Jitterbugs II
ca. 1941
Hair Comb
ca. 1851
Shine
2007
Andrea Motley Crabtree, the first
2017
Earth & Sky
2018
Atlas Chair
2019–21
Orion Table
Multiple artists/makers
2021
Mido Chair
Multiple artists/makers
2021
Tiger Ashtray (green)
2021
Tiger Ashtray (blue)
2021
Portrait Cup: Zora Neale Hurston
2021
Portrait Cup: Mae Jemison
2021
Portrait Cup: Jean-Michel Basquiat
2021
Portrait Cup: Henrietta Lacks
2021
Atlas Chair
2019–21
Justice of Ezili
2021
Thriving and Potential, Displaced (Again and Again and...)
2021
Portrait Cup: Gabrielle Union
2021
Portrait Cup: Horace Pippin
2021
Portrait Cup: Frederick Douglass
2021
Plate: Stacey Abrams
2021
Plate: Nina Simone
2021
Plate: Beyonce
2021
Plate: Alma Thomas
2021
Grafitti Truck Bowl 1
2021
Grafitti Truck Bowl 2
2021
Grafitti Truck Bowl 3
2021
Grafitti Truck Bowl 4
2021
Crown Ashtray (MLK)
2021
Grafitti Cup 3
2021
Grafitti Cup 4
2021
Grafitti Cup 5
2021
Grafitti Cup 6
2021
OUT / SIDE OF TIME
2021
Summer Azure
2020
Morning Cloak
2020
Vernus 3
Multiple artists/makers
2020
Digable Underground
2021
Iya Ati Omo
2016
Mollo Oa Leifo – Mme (“fire in the hearth – Mother”)
2021
Mollo Oa Leifo – Ngoanana (“fire in the hearth – Girl”)
2021
Sandi Conical Vase
2020
Handpinched Vase
2020
Handpinched Vase
2020
Fat conical vase
2020
Imbizo Stool
2018–21
Imbizo Table
2018–21
Imbizo Stool
2018–21
Magodi - Noxolo
2020
Umwonyo
2019
Miyale Ya Blue
2020
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Dates
November 5, 2021–Ongoing
The Met Fifth Avenue
Gallery 508
Free with Museum admission
Plan Your Visit
All exhibitions