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Elizabeth Catlett · 1952, printed 1970
Provenance
Ownership history
- Sold by Sragow Gallery to the Art Institute, 1992
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- The Art Institute of Chicago, January 24-July 10, 1994.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "Since the Harlem Renaissance: Sixty Years of African American Art," May 18-August 25, 1996.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "In Their Own Right: Images of African Americans from The Art Institute of Chicago," September 27, 1997-January 11, 1998.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "A Century of Collecting: African American Art In The Art Institute of Chicago," February-May 2003.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "Collecting for Chicago: Prints, Drawings, and Patronage," June 14-September 14, 2008.
- Art Institute of Chicago, "Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That it Implies", August 30, 2025 - January 4, 2026, pp. 103 (ill.), 116 (ill), cat. by Dalia Scrggs, et. al.
Literature
Published references
- Andrea D. Barnwell and Kirsten P. Buick, “A Portfolio of Works by African American Artists Continuing the Dialogue: A Work in Progress,” The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 24:2 (1999), p. 185.
- Martin Fox, “Portfolio,” The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 24: 2 (1999), pp. 206-208, no. 18.
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