Artworks · Elizabeth Catlett

Magic People

2002 · color linoleum cut

Sheet: 37.4 x 35.7 cm (14 3/4 x 14 1/16 in.); Image: 25.7 x 24.4 cm (10 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Woman Fixing Her Hair

1993 · Mahogany and opals

27 1/8 × 15 7/8 × 14 1/2 in., 23.5 lb. (68.9 × 40.3 × 36.8 cm, 10.7 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

For My People

1992 · Illustrated book with six lithographs

Overall: 22 1/16 x 18 1/2" (56 x 47 cm); page: 21 13/16 x 18 5/16" (55.4 x 46.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled: Walking Blindly

1992 · color lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

Untitled: A Second Generation

1992 · color lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

Central America Says No!

1986 · Linoleum cut

composition: 37 5/8 x 20 9/16" (95.5 x 52.2 cm); sheet: 47 9/16 x 31 9/16" (120.8 x 80.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Isobel Neal Gallery Records

1985 · Contact sheets, typed papers, negatives, cd-rom, carbon typescript papers, postcard, printed papers, photocopies, slides, color photographs and black and white photographs.

7 boxes: W.: 122 cm (48 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Generations

1979 · lithograph

Sheet: 56.6 x 76.2 cm (22 5/16 x 30 in.); Image: 48.2 x 55.8 cm (19 x 21 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Harriet

1975 · Linoleum cut

composition: 12 7/16 x 10 1/8" (31.6 x 25.7 cm); sheet: 18 5/16 x 15 1/16" (46 x 38.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Man

1975 · woodcut and color linocut

Sheet: 66 x 45.3 cm (26 x 17 13/16 in.); Image: 44.8 x 30 cm (17 5/8 x 11 13/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Man

1972 · Color woodcut and linocut in black on off-white wove paper

Sight: 64.5 × 44 cm (25 7/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Malcolm X Speaks for Us

1969 · Linoleum cut

composition: 34 13/16 x 27 3/16" (88.4 x 69.1 cm); sheet: 41 5/16 x 30 11/16" (104 x 77.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mother and Child

1956 · Terra cotta

11 1/4 x 7 x 7" (28.6 x 17.8 x 17.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

La Presa

1952 · Linocut on gray laid paper

Image: 45.2 × 37.4 cm (17 13/16 × 14 3/4 in.); Sheet: 63.8 × 48.5 cm (25 1/8 × 19 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sharecropper

1952 · Color linocut on cream Japanese paper

Image: 45 × 43.1 cm (17 3/4 × 17 in.); Sheet: 55.7 × 51.5 cm (21 15/16 × 20 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sharecropper

1952 · Linoleum cut

composition: 17 5/8 x 16 15/16" (44.8 x 43 cm); sheet: 18 1/2 x 18 15/16" (47 x 48.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sharecropper

1952 · Linocut printed in green and black

Sheet: 20 1/16 × 18 7/8 in. (51 × 48 cm) Image: 17 1/2 × 16 9/16 in. (44.5 × 42 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Civil Rights Congress

1949 · Linocut on cream wove paper

Image: 31 × 18 cm (12 1/4 × 7 1/8 in.); Sheet: 46.2 × 32.5 cm (18 1/4 × 12 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

I am the Negro woman

1947 · Linoleum cut

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)

Whitney Museum of American Art

I have given the world my songs

1947 · Linoleum cut

Sheet: 10 1/16 × 7 1/4 in. (25.6 × 18.4 cm) Image (Irregular): 7 1/2 × 5 1/16 in. (19.1 × 12.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

In Sojourner Truth I fought for the rights of women as well as Negroes

1947 · Linoleum cut

Sheet: 10 1/4 × 7 3/8 in. (26 × 18.7 cm) Image: 8 7/8 × 5 15/16 in. (22.5 × 15.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

My reward has been bars between me and the rest of the land

1947 · Linoleum cut

Sheet: 10 1/16 × 7 9/16 in. (25.6 × 19.2 cm) Image: 4 9/16 × 5 7/8 in. (11.6 × 14.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

I have studied in ever increasing numbers

1947 · Linoleum cut

Sheet: 12 3/8 × 18 13/16 in. (31.4 × 47.8 cm) Image: 6 13/16 × 9 in. (17.3 × 22.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

My role has been important in organizing the unorganized

1947 · Linoleum cut

Sheet: 12 3/16 × 16 1/16 in. (31 × 40.8 cm) Image: 6 × 9 in. (15.2 × 22.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

My right is a future of equality with other Americans

1947 · Linoleum cut

Sheet: 10 5/16 × 7 1/2 in. (26.2 × 19.1 cm) Image (Irregular): 9 1/8 × 6 1/8 in. (23.2 × 15.6 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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

1947 · Linocut in black on cream wove paper

Image: 21.3 × 15.5 cm (8 7/16 × 6 1/8 in.); Sheet: 38.5 × 28.7 cm (15 3/16 × 11 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

My Right Is a Future of Equality with Other Americans from the series The Black Woman

1947 · Linoleum cut from a series of fourteen linoleum cuts

image: 9 × 6" (22.9 × 15.2 cm); sheet: 15 × 11" (38.1 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

I Have Given the World My Songs from the series The Black Woman

1947 · Linoleum cut from a series of fourteen linoleum cuts

image: 7 3/8 × 6 15/16" (18.7 × 17.7 cm); sheet: 9 7/8 × 7" (25.1 × 17.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

And a Special Fear for My Loved Ones from the series The Black Woman

1947 · Linoleum cut from a series of fourteen linoleum cuts

image: 8 1/4 × 6" (21 × 15.2 cm); sheet: 15 × 11" (38.1 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

. . . In the Fields, from “The Negro Woman” series

1947 · Linocut

9 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (25.1 × 20 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In the fields...

1946 · Linoleum cut

Sheet (Irregular): 10 1/8 × 7 5/8 in. (25.7 × 19.4 cm) Image (Irregular): 9 × 6 1/16 in. (22.9 × 15.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

I have always worked hard in America

1946 · Linoleum cut

Sheet: 10 1/8 × 7 1/2 in. (25.7 × 19.1 cm) Image: 8 3/4 × 6 1/16 in. (22.2 × 15.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

In other folks' homes...

1946 · Linoleum cut

Sheet: 10 1/16 × 7 9/16 in. (25.6 × 19.2 cm) Image: 6 7/16 × 2 1/4 in. (16.4 × 5.7 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

In Harriet Tubman I helped hundreds to freedom

1946 · Linoleum cut

Sheet (Irregular): 10 1/4 × 7 3/4 in. (26 × 19.7 cm) Image (Irregular): 9 1/8 × 7 1/16 in. (23.2 × 17.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

In Phillis Wheatley I proved intellectual equality in the midst of slavery

1946 · Linoleum cut

Sheet: 10 9/16 × 7 9/16 in. (26.8 × 19.2 cm) Image: 9 1/8 × 6 1/16 in. (23.2 × 15.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

...special houses...

1946 · Linoleum cut

Sheet (Irregular): 10 1/8 × 7 9/16 in. (25.7 × 19.2 cm) Image: 4 3/16 × 5 15/16 in. (10.6 × 15.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

..and a special fear for my loved ones

1946 · Linoleum cut

Sheet: 10 × 7 9/16 in. (25.4 × 19.2 cm) Image (Irregular): 8 3/8 × 6 1/16 in. (21.3 × 15.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

I have special reservations...

1946 · Linoleum cut

Sheet: 10 × 7 1/2 in. (25.4 × 19.1 cm) Image: 6 7/16 × 6 5/16 in. (16.4 × 16 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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

1946 · Linocut on cream wove paper

Image: 16.2 × 5.5 cm (6 7/16 × 2 3/16 in.); Sheet: 25.5 × 20.5 cm (10 1/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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

1946 · Linocut on cream wove paper

Image: 10.8 × 15 cm (4 5/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Sheet: 20 × 25.5 cm (7 7/8 × 10 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Special Houses… from the series The Black Woman

1946 · Linoleum cut from a series of fourteen linoleum cuts

image: 4 1/8 × 5 7/8" (10.5 × 14.9 cm); sheet: 7 7/8 × 10" (20 × 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In the Fields… from the series The Black Woman

1946 · Linoleum cut from a series of fourteen linoleum cuts

image: 9 × 6 1/8" (22.9 × 15.6 cm); sheet: 15 1/8 × 11" (38.4 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In Sojourner Truth I Fought for the Rights of Women as Well as Blacks from the series The Black Woman

1946 · Linoleum cut from a series of fourteen linoleum cuts

image: 8 7/8 × 5 7/8" (22.5 × 15 cm); sheet: 15 × 11" (38.1 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

I Have Always Worked Hard in America from the series The Black Woman

1946 · Linoleum cut from a series of fourteen linoleum cuts

image (irreg.): 8 11/16 × 5 7/8" (22 × 14.9 cm); sheet: 15 × 11" (38.1 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In Harriet Tubman I Helped Hundreds to Freedom from the series The Black Woman

1946 · Linoleum cut from a series of fourteen linoleum cuts

image: 9 1/16 × 6 7/8" (23 × 17.5 cm); sheet: 15 × 11" (38.1 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

I Am The Black Woman from the series The Black Woman

1946 · Linoleum cut from a series of fourteen linoleum cuts

image: 5 1/8 × 3 7/8" (13 × 9.8 cm); sheet: 10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

There Are Bars Between Me and the Rest of the Land from the series The Black Woman

1946 · Linoleum cut from a series of fourteen linoleum cuts

image: 4 1/2 × 5 7/8" (11.4 × 14.9 cm); sheet: 7 7/8 × 10" (20 × 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

I Have Special Reservations from the series The Black Woman

1946 · Linoleum cut from a series of fourteen linoleum cuts

image: 6 3/8 × 6 1/4" (16.2 × 15.9 cm); sheet: 15 × 11" (38.1 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art