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.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55aa369e5-18ff-4694-96f2-b6717b584000

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