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Which famous artist encouraged Catlett to create art about what she knew best?
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The famous artist who encouraged Catlett to create art about what she knew best was Grant Wood. As she later told an interviewer, “The thing that I knew the most about was Black women, because I am one, and I lived with them all my life, so that’s what I started working with.”
In 1976, Elizabeth Catlett received a lifetime achievement award from the International Sculpture Center. Her work is in the collections of museums worldwide, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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In 1976, Elizabeth Catlett received a lifetime achievement award from the International Sculpture Center. Her work is in the collections of museums worldwide, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Shop a selection of Elizabeth Catlett art on 1stDibs.
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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
YOUNG DOUGLASS Signed Linocut, Black Portrait Head African American Civil Rights
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. Pencil signed 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 coiffured hair, dressed in a formal high collar shirt...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
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
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
ALL THE PEOPLE Signed Lithograph, For My People-Margaret Walker, Rainbow Faces
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
ALL THE PEOPLE is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the highly acclaimed African-American woman artist Elizabeth Catlett, master printmaker and sculptor best known...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
KEISHA M. Hand Drawn Lithograph, Young Black Female Portrait, Afro Hairstyle
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
KEISHA M. is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the renowned African-American woman sculptor, printmaker and painter Elizabeth Catlett (191...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
