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How did Elizabeth Catlett make her prints?
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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BREAD (Derecho Alimentarse) Signed Linocut, Mexican Girl with Braided Hair
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
BREAD (Derecho Alimentarse) The Right To Eat, created by the African-American woman printmaker and sculptor, Elizabeth Catlett. BREAD portrays a realistic linoleum cut portrait of a...
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Prints

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Linocut

VENDEDORA Signed Lithograph, Portrait Seated Young Girl, Mexican Fruit Seller
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
VENDEDORA, a limited edition lithograph by the renowned American-born Mexican sculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett(b.1915–2012) depicts a sensitive black and white portrait of a...
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Early 2000s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

"Young Douglass Signed Linocut Print, Contemporary Portrait, 2004"
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
YOUNG DOUGLASS is a hand pulled, original limited edition relief print created using linoleum cut printmaking techniques on white archival Somerset White paper, 100% acid free. Hand signed in pencil by Elizabeth Catlett on the lower margin, embossed with printer's chop mark on lower left, print documentation provided. YOUNG DOUGLASS is an impactful graphic statement by the renowned African-American and Mexican woman sculptor and printmaker, Elizabeth Catlett, created as a tribute to Frederick Douglass, the most distinguished black American human rights leader of the 19th century. Strong impression printed in rich black ink on white wove paper, a powerful portrait of Douglass as a young man, with his distinct facial features, thick black hair, well-dressed in a formal high collar shirt...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

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Linocut

LINKS TOGETHER Original Signed Lithograph, 1996, Rare Trial Proof, Black Women
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
LINKS TOGETHER is an original hand drawn lithograph by the renowned woman artist Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012) printed using traditional hand lithography techniques (not a photo repr...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

The Door of Justice, Signed Lithograph, Black Lawyers and Civil Rights, 2000
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...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

LINKS TOGETHER Original Lithograph Poster, 1996, Black Women Unity Art
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...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

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