- Created by
- Catlett, Elizabeth, Mexican and American, 1915 - 2012
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (unframed): 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
- H x W (framed): 21 1/4 × 17 1/4 in. (54 × 43.8 cm)
- Description
- A framed black and white linocut print titled “Survivor” by Elizabeth Catlett. The print references Dorothea Lange’s photograph “Ex-Slave with a Long Memory, Alabama,” taken in 1937. Catlett’s print mirrors Lange’s photograph. The print captures a formerly enslaved elderly woman standing in the center of a field holding a thin walking stick with both hands. She is looking off to the right. She is wearing an apron, a hoop earring in her right ear, and a head scarf wrapped over her forehead and tied at the nape of her neck, covering her hair. The background consists of black and white patterns resembling a field.
- The print is signed by the artist on the front in the lower right corner in pencil [E. Catlett] and the title is written in the lower left in pencil [Survivor A/P].
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- linocuts
- Topic
- Agriculture
- American South
- Art
- Labor
- Poverty
- Rural life
- Slavery
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of Carroll Parrott Blue
- Object number
- 2023.39.5ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Estate of Elizabeth Catlett
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




