Created by
Catlett, Elizabeth, Mexican and American, 1915 - 2012
Subject of
Jackson, George, American, 1941 - 1971
Date
1975
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W (image): 17 1/4 × 23 3/4 in. (43.8 × 60.3 cm)
H x W (sheet): 22 × 31 in. (55.9 × 78.7 cm)
Description
A color woodcut print titled “Flowers for George Jackson” by Elizabeth Catlett. At the center left is a black and white image of a smiling George Jackson, an incarcerated activist who was killed in prison. In the right lower corner is a black and white image of the face of a child repeated over two rows of three. Along the bottom left corner is a horizontal row of five roses gradient in color from left to right, from scarlet red to canary yellow.
On the front of the print, the artist signed and dated in the lower right corner, outside of the print area [E. Catlett 1975] and in pencil on the lower left corner, outside of the print area [1/20 Flowers for George Jackson]. On the back of the print, in the upper left corner, is an inscription handwritten in pencil [500].
Classification
Visual Arts
Type
woodcuts
Topic
Art
Black power
Prisons
Resistance
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of Carroll Parrott Blue
Object number
2023.39.4
Restrictions & Rights
© Estate of Elizabeth Catlett
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f41760e9-6c42-40ed-81d0-62e33caafc59

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