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In Phillis Wheatley I Proved Intellectual Equality in the Midst of Slavery
Elizabeth Catlett, (Washington, DC, 1915 - 2012, Cuernavaca, Mexico)
Catlett, Elizabeth
America and Mexico
1915 - 2012
Female
15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 28 cm)
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1947
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1947
1900-2000, 20th century, authors, Images of Black People, linocuts, women
Print
1995.11
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
95.11SL1
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3/6/2002
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1/20/2017
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Print
Harriet
Elizabeth Catlett, (Washington, DC, 1915 - 2012, Cuernavaca, Mexico)
Catlett, Elizabeth
America and Mexico
1915 - 2012
Female
18 3/8 x 15 1/4 in. (46.6 x 38.7 cm)
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Printer's ink
1975
1975
1975
1900-2000, 20th century, Harriet Tubman, Images of Black People, linocuts, women
Print
1995.47
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
95.47SL1
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3/6/2002
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1/8/2014
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Print
Sharecropper
Elizabeth Catlett, (Washington, DC, 1915 - 2012, Cuernavaca, Mexico)
Catlett, Elizabeth
America and Mexico
1915 - 2012
Female
24 1/8 x 22 1/4 in. (61.3 x 56.5 cm)
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1968-1993
1968
1993
1900-2000, 20th century, Images of Black People, linocuts
Print
Gallery label text 2013:
Elizabeth Catlett honors the rural working poor in this commanding image of a strong, dignified African American woman fieldworker who, though worn from her labors, maintains her internal fortitude.
Catlett devoted her career as a sculptor and printmaker to addressing issues of social justice, especially the struggles of African American women. “I make work for my people,” Catlett has said, “not for an elite, and I’ve paid a price for my commitment.”
Based on her own experiences, Catlett pursued subjects that were personally significant, such as her grandmother’s stories of slavery and her own experience of being denied admission to the Carnegie Institute of Technology solely on the basis of race.
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1996.33
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
96.33SL1
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3/28/2002
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Sculpture
Woman Fixing her Hair
Elizabeth Catlett, (Washington, DC, 1915 - 2012, Cuernavaca, Mexico)
Catlett, Elizabeth
America and Mexico
1915 - 2012
Female
18 1/2 x 9 7/16 x 11 5/8 in. (47 x 24 x 29.5 cm)
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Images of Black People
Sculpture
Over the course of her long and prolific career, sculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett used her art to celebrate the beauty and strength of Black women. In Woman Fixing Her Hair, Catlett has streamlined the figure’s details, creating a monumental quality in this small sculpture.
In 1946, after earning her master’s degree in art from the University of Iowa, Catlett moved to Mexico where she studied the traditional ceramic forms and techniques of the region. Woman Fixing Her Hair was made during Catlett’s early period in Mexico and its medium, size, and style reference ancient ceramic sculptures made in the region.
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2014.43
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Memorial Art Gallery
6/25/2014
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2014.43DI#7
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1/4/2017
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1/4/2017
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