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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, titled, dated “1970” and numbered 24/60 in pencil, lower margin. A superb
impression with rich, dark colors of this important print.
Sharecropper
, one of Catlett’s most iconic images, was originally printed in 1952. She then published
it as
Cosechadora de algodón
in the journal
Artes de México
in 1957, as well as two editions of 60 in
both black and color in 1970.
[15,000/25,000]