Head (Head of a Man)

1. Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012), New York, 1943; to Charles White (1918–1979), New York, possibly in 1947; to Melvin (1923–1995) and Lorraine (1926–2018) Williamson, New York, c. 1965; by descent to their daughter Lisa Rosenberg, New Jersey, 2018; sold Swann Auction Galleries, New York, October 7, 2021, lot 28, to the Art Institute of Chicago.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Brooklyn Museum, <em>Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies</em>, Sept. 13, 2024–Jan. 19, 2025, no cat. no.; Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, Mar. 9–July 6, 2025; <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/10220/elizabeth-catlett-a-black-revolutionary-artist-and-all-that-it-implies">Art Institute of Chicago</a>, Aug. 30, 2025–Jan. 4, 2026.

• Samella Lewis, <em>The Art of Elizabeth Catlett</em> (Hancraft Studios, 1984), 188.
• Julie Schlenger Adell, "Swann Auction Galleries, New York City: African American Art Sale," <em>Maine Antiques Digest</em>, 40, no. 1 (Jan. 2022): 106 (ill.).
• Sarah Kelly Oehler, "Elizabeth Catlett's Head (Head of a Man)," <em>New Acquisition (blog) Art Institute of Chicago</em>, May 24, 2023, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/articles/1046/elizabeth-catlett-s-head-head-of-a-man">https://www.artic.edu/articles/1046/elizabeth-catlett-s-head-head-of-a-man</a> (ill.).
• Dalila Scruggs, ed., <em>Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That it Implies</em>, exh. cat. (National Gallery of Art, 2024), 24, 83, no cat. no. (ill.).
• Antawan I. Byrd, et al., eds., <em>Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 2024), 45, fig. 38 (ill.).

Sharecropper

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And a Special Fear for My Loved Ones, from The Black Woman [formerly The Negro Woman] (published 1946-47)

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Civil Rights Congress

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La Presa

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Special Houses, from The Black Woman (formerly The Negro Woman) (published 1946-47)

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In Other Folk's Homes, from The Black Woman (formerly The Negro Woman) (published 1946-47)

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Untitled (Composition for a Peace Poster)

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Man

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