Elizabeth Catlett

I am the Negro woman

1947, printed 1989

A close-up print of Black woman's face looking off to the side.
A close-up print of Black woman's face looking off to the side.
Recto

Not on view

Date
1947, printed 1989

Classification
Prints

Medium
Linoleum cut

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 10 1/8 × 7 9/16 in. (25.7 × 19.2 cm) Image (Irregular): 5 3/16 × 4 in. (13.2 × 10.2 cm)

Accession number
95.189

Series
The Negro Woman, 1946-47 (re-titled The Black Woman, 1989)

Edition
13/20 | Second print run

Publication
Printed by Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Catlett Mora Family Trust / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/10140







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