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How did Elizabeth Catlett make her prints?
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How Elizabeth Catlett made her prints over the course of her career varies. She is most famous for her linoleum cut prints, which she learned to produce while studying at the Taller de Gráfica Popular in Mexico City, Mexico. It was this method that Catlett employed when creating 1952's Sharecropper, one of Catlett's most enduring images. She also created woodcut prints, screenprints and lithographic prints. On 1stDibs, explore a range of Elizabeth Catlett art.
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Homage to the Panthers, signed/n lithograph shown at Art Students League, Framed
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in New York, NY
This exact work was exhibited at the Art Students League in an important show. (details below)
Elizabeth Catlett
Homage to the Panthers, 1993
Color Lithograph on wove paper with deck...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
CANDACE 1992 Tribute To African American Women Black Woman Graphic Portrait Head
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
ELIZABETH CATLETT
Candace - 10th Anniversary Celebration 1992, A Tribute to African American Women
National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Commemorative Fine Art Poster
Year printed...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
GLORY Signed Linocut, Opaque Taupe, Buff Paper, Profile Portrait Black Woman
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
GLORY is a hand pulled, original limited edition relief print by the American and Mexican woman artist, printmaker and sculptor, Elizabeth Catlett. GLORY was created using linocut pr...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
LINKS TOGETHER Original Lithograph 1996 Rare Art Poster, Black Women Portrait
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
LINKS TOGETHER is a very unique, and rarely seen original fine art lithograph poster printed in five colors using traditional hand lithography techniques (not a photo reproduction or...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
THE DOOR OF JUSTICE Signed Lithograph, Black Lawyers Civil Rights Social Justice
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
THE DOOR OF JUSTICE is an original, hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the highly acclaimed African-American woman artist Elizabeth Catlett, master printmaker and sculptor bes...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN(Turban), Hand Drawn Lithograph, Black Female Portrait
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the renowned African American woman artist Elizabeth Catl...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph