In the Fields

1947

Elizabeth Catlett

Associated Names
Elizabeth Catlett

Artist, American and Mexican, 1915 - 2012

This print shows a woman working in a field with a hoe. The woman wears a white dress with the sleeves rolled up and a wide-brimmed hat, and she stands amidst rows of plants or crops. She has dark skin, and her face is mostly obscured by the brim of the hat. Behind her, on the right, a small wooden building can be seen on the horizon. The sky above has some dark horizontal lines. The print uses bold, black lines on off-white paper, and a wide border of blank paper surrounds the print.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2024

  • Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 2024-2026.

Bibliography

2024

  • Scruggs, Dalia, editor. Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies. Exh cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn,; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 2024-2026.

Inscriptions

Inscribed: In pencil: lower right, E Catlett 1947; bottom left margin, No. 544-G; verso, bottom left, Elizabeth Catlett / "Mujer negra Trabajando el campo" / linoleo / Archivo / 15 x 22.5 / TALLER DE GRAFICA POPULAR; bottom right, 31 (within a circle); stamped in ink lower right margin: TALLER DE GRAFICA POPULAR

Wikidata ID

Q76440181

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