Created by
Catlett, Elizabeth, Mexican and American, 1915 - 2012
Printed by
J.K. Fine Editions Company/Mojo Portfolio, American, founded 1975
Subject of
Walker, Margaret, American, 1915 - 1998
Date
1992
Medium
(a) lithographic ink on paper
(b) glass and wood
Dimensions
H x W x D (framed): 24 3/16 × 21 1/8 × 9/16 in. (61.5 × 53.7 × 1.5 cm)
H x W (lithograph): 17 5/16 × 14 15/16 in. (44 × 38 cm)
Caption
This print is from Elizabeth Catlett's For My People portfolio, which she created for the 50th anniversary of the poem by the same name by Catlett's close friend Margaret Walker. Walker's poem "For My People," was first published in Poetry magazine in 1937.
Description
A framed color lithograph by Elizabeth Catlett featuring nine line-drawn illustrations of the faces of men, women, and children inside a central beige circle. The circle sits within a rectangle, the top half of which is a light blue field and the bottom of which is a rainbow of linear segments in yellow, orange, red, purple, blue, and green. The print is titled, signed, and dated by the artist below the lithograph’s margin, “44/99” on the left and “E. Catlett ‘92” on the right. On the verso is an ink inscription, “THE ARTIST TO ELNORA INC. (E.T. WILLIAMS) 1998.”
Place collected
New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
Edgar Thomas Williams, Jr. Collection
Portfolio/Series
For My People
Classification
Visual Arts
Type
lithographs
Topic
Art
Poetry
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Auldyn Higgins Williams and E.T. Williams, Jr. in memory of Robert Grayson ("Mickey") McGuire, III and his parents Eleanor Hackett McGuire and R.G. McGuire, Jr.
Object number
2015.145.2ab
Restrictions & Rights
© Artists Rights Society
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55bf97e2f-0491-4858-8d40-cd8fe5bdd709

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