Elizabeth Catlett

American and Mexican, 1915 - 2012

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Elizabeth Catlett, Randy Hemminghaus, Anne Q. McKeown, Print Club of New York, Gossip, 2005, color digital and photo-lithograph on wove paper, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008.115.1185

Gossip

Elizabeth Catlett, Randy Hemminghaus, Anne Q. McKeown, Print Club of New York · 2005 · color digital and photo-lithograph on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2008.115.1185

Elizabeth Catlett, J. K. Fine Art Editions Co., Joseph Kleineman, Maureen Turci, Links Together, 1996, lithograph on wove Arches paper, Purchased as the Gift of Art Information Volunteers in Honor of Dianne Stephens, 2021.63.1

Links Together

Elizabeth Catlett, J. K. Fine Art Editions Co., Joseph Kleineman, Maureen Turci · 1996 · lithograph on wove Arches paper ·  Accession ID  2021.63.1

Elizabeth Catlett, Joseph Kleineman, Maureen Turci, Limited Editions Club, New York, Playmates, 1992, color lithograph, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of the Print Research Foundation, 2008.115.347

Playmates

Elizabeth Catlett, Joseph Kleineman, Maureen Turci, Limited Editions Club, New York · 1992 · color lithograph ·  Accession ID  2008.115.347

Elizabeth Catlett, Survivor, 1983, linocut on heavy wove paper, Purchased as the Gift of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation in Honor of Mary Lee Corlett, 2020.138.1

Survivor

Elizabeth Catlett · 1983 · linocut on heavy wove paper ·  Accession ID  2020.138.1

Elizabeth Catlett, Lovey Twice, 1976, lithograph in black on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. Charles Warfield and Mrs. Savanna Clark), 2016.23.14

Lovey Twice

Elizabeth Catlett · 1976 · lithograph in black on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2016.23.14

Elizabeth Catlett, Harriet, 1975, linocut artist proof, Gift of Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson, 2024.147.1

Harriet

Elizabeth Catlett · 1975 · linocut artist proof ·  Accession ID  2024.147.1

Elizabeth Catlett, Elizabeth Catlett, José Sánchez, Elizabeth Catlett, Negro es Bello (Black is Beautiful), 1969/1970, color lithograph on wove paper (first version), Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 2023.106.1

Negro es Bello (Black is Beautiful)

Elizabeth Catlett, Elizabeth Catlett, José Sánchez, Elizabeth Catlett · 1969/1970 · color lithograph on wove paper (first version) ·  Accession ID  2023.106.1

Elizabeth Catlett, Elizabeth Catlett, J. K. Fine Art Editions Co., Joseph Kleineman, Maureen Turci, Malcolm X Speaks for Us, 1969/2004, color linocut on wove Somerset paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund and Purchased as the Gift of Art Information Volunteers in Honor of Dianne Stephens, 2021.63.2

Malcolm X Speaks for Us

Elizabeth Catlett, Elizabeth Catlett, J. K. Fine Art Editions Co., Joseph Kleineman, Maureen Turci · 1969/2004 · color linocut on wove Somerset paper ·  Accession ID  2021.63.2

Elizabeth Catlett, Shoeshine Boy, 1958, lithograph on wove paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 2022.163.2

Shoeshine Boy

Elizabeth Catlett · 1958 · lithograph on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2022.163.2

Cast from brown bronze, a stylized, nude woman reclines on an oval-shaped, wooden platform in this free-standing sculpture. In this photograph, the base is angled away from us so her head, to our right, is farther from us than her feet. She has a round, bare head with slits for eyes, a low ridge for a nose, and her lips are set in a straight line. She leans along the left side of her body. Her right arm drapes down across her midsection, and her thighs are stacked, with the foot of her top leg resting behind the bottom foot. Her features, including her arms, legs, and breasts, are rounded and smooth. The surface of the bronze is slightly textured throughout, and light glints off of the warm brown patina.
Elizabeth Catlett, Reclining Female Nude, 1955, bronze, Corcoran Collection (The Evans-Tibbs Collection, Gift of Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.), 2014.136.296

Reclining Female Nude

Elizabeth Catlett · 1955 · bronze ·  Accession ID  2014.136.296