Representative work by Elizabeth Catlett
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Artist

Elizabeth Catlett

1915–2012 · American-Mexican

  • Howard University
  • University of Iowa
  • Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado La Esmeralda
  • Dunbar High School
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Art Students League of New York

Elizabeth Catlett created prints and sculptures centered on Black women, labor, motherhood and political struggle. After moving to Mexico, she worked with the Taller de Gráfica Popular and developed a career bridging African American and Mexican visual traditions.

Sculpture; printmaking

Major Works

  • 1952Sharecropper
  • 1946–47Negro Woman series
  • 1950sMother and Child
  • 1968Homage to My Young Black Sisters
  • 1970Target
  • 1968Black Unity
  • 1983Survivor
  • 1975Harriet
  • 1977Students Aspire
  • 1981Glory

Interviews & Writing

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