Mis Ninos

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Mis Ninos

Artist Elizabeth Catlett American, 1915-2012

Date1955

DimensionsH: 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm); W: 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm)

MediumLinoleum cut.

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineGift of Dr. Elizabeth Catlett

Object number

2006.154

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Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Speaking Out: The Art of Elizabeth Catlett, June 15 - September 23, 2007Label TextThe granddaughter of slaves, Elizabeth Catlett grew up in segregated Washington, D.C. In 1946, she was awarded a Rosenwald Foundation fellowship to study art in Mexico City, moving there permanently in 1947 and marrying Mexican artist Francisco Mura. Throughout her long career, her art has addressed injustices, tackling controversial issues such as lynching and racially motivated violence, the C.I.A.’s involvement in Central America, and Mexico’s discrimination against its indigenous peoples. But she also created many tender portraits of family and friends, like this example showing her three sons playing with paper Day of the Dead masks.