...and a special fear for my loved ones

1946

Elizabeth Catlett

Associated Names
Elizabeth Catlett

Artist, American and Mexican, 1915 - 2012

This print shows a person lying on the ground, looking upward, an arm raised by their head and their knees slightly bent. Their head is in the upper left corner of the print, while their feet are in the bottom right. The person appears to have dark skin and short hair, and they are wearing a jacket, a shirt, pants, and shoes. A rope has been tied around their neck, creating a noose. At the top of the print, surrounding the person on the ground, there are multiple pairs of shoes turned towards the person. Two of them stand on the end of the noose. The ground is created with short, white lines that curve upward against a black background. The print is in the center of a large, off-white piece of paper.
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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, lower right, in graphite: E Catlett 1946; bottom left margin, No 524-G; verso, bottom left, "Salvajismo blanco" [ink] / Elizabeth Catlett [graphite] / Archivo [ink] / 14 x 21 [graphite] / TALLER DE GRAFICA POPULAR [ink] / linoleographia [graphite]; stamped lower right in ink: TALLER DE GRAFICA POPULAR / MEXICO D.F.

Markings

TGP stamp [purple ink], lower right

Wikidata ID

Q76440182

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