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ELIZABETH CATLETT (1915 - )
Sharecropper.
Color linoleum cut on smooth cream wove paper, circa 1952. 452x425 mm; 17
5
/
8
x16
1
/
2
inches, full
margins. Signed, dated “April 1957” and inscribed “To Jane Rogers” in pencil, lower margin.
Printed and published by the artist at the Taller Gráfica Popular, Mexico City. A fine impression of
this important print.
One of Catlett’s most iconic images,
Sharecropper
was originally printed in 1952. She then published
it as
Cosechadora de algodón
in the journal
Artes de México
in 1957.There is an additional edition of
60 in both black and color that was printed in 1970. Herzog p. 105.
[12,000/18,000]