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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
Not on View
Label 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.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Speaking Out: The Art of Elizabeth Catlett, June 15 - September 23, 2007
Survivor
Elizabeth Catlett
1983
Civil Rights Congress
Elizabeth Catlett
1949
Malcolm X speaks for us
Elizabeth Catlett
1969-2004
Sharecropper
Elizabeth Catlett
1970
Harriet
Elizabeth Catlett
1975
Man
Elizabeth Catlett
2003
Madonna
Elizabeth Catlett
1982
For My People
Elizabeth Catlett
1992

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