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I have always worked hard in America

I have always worked hard in America

Artist Elizabeth Catlett (American, 1915-2012)
Date1946
DimensionsH: 15 in. (38.1 cm); W: 11 in. (27.9 cm)
MediumLinoleum cut
ClassificationPrints
Credit LineGift of Dr. Elizabeth Catlett
Object number
2006.150
Not on View
Published Referencescf. Herzog, Melanie Anne, Elizabeth Catlett: An American Artist in Mexico, Seattle, University of Washington Press, 2005, p. 60, fig. 20 (repr.)

cf. Herzog, Melanie Anne, Elizabeth Catlett: In the Image of the People, New Haven, Yale University Press, 2006, pl. 3 (repr. col.) p. 12.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Speaking Out: The Art of Elizabeth Catlett, June 15 - September 23, 2007.
Survivor
Survivor
Elizabeth Catlett
1983
There are bars between me and the rest of the Land
There are bars between me and the rest of the Land
Elizabeth Catlett
1946
Civil Rights Congress
Civil Rights Congress
Elizabeth Catlett
1949
Mis Ninos
Mis Ninos
Elizabeth Catlett
1955
Malcolm X speaks for us
Malcolm X speaks for us
Elizabeth Catlett
1969-2004
Sharecropper
Sharecropper
Elizabeth Catlett
1970
Harriet
Harriet
Elizabeth Catlett
1975
Man
Man
Elizabeth Catlett
2003
Linocut block for "In Sojourner Truth I fought for the Rights of Women as well as Negros"
Linocut block for "In Sojourner Truth I fought for the Rights of Women as well as Negros"
Elizabeth Catlett
about 1946
In Sojourner Truth I fought for the Rights of Women as well as Negroes
In Sojourner Truth I fought for the Rights of Women as well as Negroes
Elizabeth Catlett
1947
You can't always get what you want but you can try
You can't always get what you want but you can try
Barbara Jones-Hogu
2009
Madonna
Madonna
Elizabeth Catlett
1982

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