Negro es Bello (Black is Beautiful)
1969/1970
Elizabeth Catlett
Artist, American and Mexican, 1915 - 2012
Printer, American and Mexican, 1915 - 2012
Printer
Publisher, American and Mexican, 1915 - 2012
Artwork overview
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Medium
color lithograph on wove paper (first version)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 69.9 × 53.2 cm (27 1/2 × 20 15/16 in.)
sheet: 75.8 × 59.8 cm (29 13/16 × 23 9/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2023.106.1
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Copyright
© 2024 Mora-Catlett Family / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
the artist; Barbara Jones-Hogu; Barbara Jones-Hogu estate; (Lusenhop FIne Arts)
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
"ECatlett '70" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "P/A Negro es Bello" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand.
Markings
None.
Watermarks
None.