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ELIZABETH CATLETT (1915 - 2012)
Malcolm X Speaks for Us
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Color linoleum cut on cream wove paper, 1969. 889x692 mm; 35x27
1
/
4
inches, full margins.Artist’s
proof, one of 10 artist’s proofs, aside from an edition of 40. Signed, dated, titled and inscribed “A/P
V” in pencil, lower margin.
Provenance: the estate of Varnette B. Honeywood; Los Angeles: private collection, NewYork.
This iconic print is composed of multiple prints of blocks, including
I am the NegroWoman
, part of
her same-titled 1946-47 series.Another artist’s proof impression is in the collection of the Museum
of Modern Art, NewYork. A later edition was printed in lithography in 2004.
[8,000/12,000]