My role has been important in the struggle to organize the unorganized
- Created by
- Catlett, Elizabeth, Mexican and American, 1915 - 2012
- Date
- 1947; printed 1989
- Medium
- ink and graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image with title): 6 5/8 × 9 in. (16.8 × 22.9 cm)
- H x W (image): 6 1/16 × 9 1/16 in. (15.4 × 23 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 11 1/4 × 15 1/16 in. (28.6 × 38.3 cm)
- Description
- Black and white linocut of an unidentified group of workers. The group consists of four men with one woman who is standing in the center. She has one arm raised in a fist above her head. Two men are facing the woman with their backs visible. The man on the left is holding a flier which reads [JOIN] at the top. The man to the right, wearing a flat cap, is resting a hand on another man's shoulder. The man in the back left, also wearing a flat cap, is looking to the right and has one arm raised. On the right in the background is a building with two smokestacks. The title is handwritten in graphite below the image and the work is signed. The reverse is blank.
- Portfolio/Series
- The Black Woman (formerly the Negro Woman)
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- linocuts
- Topic
- Activism
- Art
- Identity
- Resistance
- Social reform
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Winifred Hervey
- Object number
- 2017.21.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 2020 Catlett Mora Family Trust/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.