Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915-2012
2. Scruggs, Dalila
3. Corlett, Mary Lee
4. Decemvirale, John Vincent
5. Fernandez, Julia (Assistant Professor)
6. Harvey, Melanee C.
7. Herzog, Melanie
8. Morris, Catherine
9. Oehler, Sarah Kelly
10. Sims, Lowery Stokes
11. Witter, Rashieda
12. Brooklyn Museum, organizer, host institution
13. National Gallery of Art (U.S.), organizer, host institution
14. Art Institute of Chicago, host institution

Description

1. 291 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 28 x 23 cm

Summary

1. "A deft sculptor and printmaker, devout feminist, and lifelong social justice advocate, Catlett was uniquely committed to both her creative process and political convictions. Growing up during the Great Depression, she witnessed class inequality, racial violence, and U.S. imperialism firsthand, all while pursuing an artistic education grounded in the tenets of modernism. Catlett would protest injustices for nearly a century, via both soaring artworks and on-the-ground activism. Born in Washington, DC, Catlett settled permanently in Mexico in 1946 and for the rest of her life she worked to amplify the experiences of Black and Mexican women. Inspired by sources ranging from African sculpture to works by Barbara Hepworth and Käthe Kollwitz, Catlett never lost sight of the Black liberation struggle in the United States. Characterized by bold lines and voluptuous forms, her powerful work continues to speak directly to all those united in the fight against poverty, racism, and imperialism." --

Alternative title

1. Black revolutionary artist and all that it implies

Subject

1. Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915-2012 -- Exhibitions
2. Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915-2012 -- Criticism and interpretation
3. Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915-2012 -- Themes, motives
4. Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915-2012
5. African American painters -- Exhibitions
6. African American sculptors -- Exhibitions
7. African American printmakers -- Exhibitions
8. African Americans in art
9. Civil rights movements in art -- Exhibitions
10. Printmakers -- Exhibitions
11. Painters -- Exhibitions
12. Sculptors -- Exhibitions
13. African American women artists -- Mexico -- Exhibitions
14. African American painters
15. African American sculptors
16. African American printmakers
17. Civil rights movements in art
18. Printmakers
19. Painters
20. Sculptors
21. African American women artists
22. Criticism and interpretation
23. Themes, motives
24. United States
25. Mexico

Genre/Form

1. Exhibition catalogs.
2. Essays.

Contents

1. To that degree and more / Dalila Scruggs -- Plates: 1915-1947 -- Becoming an artist-activist at Howard University / Melanee C. Harvey -- Social(ist) networks in Chicago and New York / Sarah Kelly Oehler -- Plates: 1947-1960 -- Sharecropper and campesino / Julia Fernandez -- An artist-activist at the center of the global sixties / Dalila Scruggs -- La maestra's fugitive pedagogy in Mexico / J.V. Decemvirale -- Plates: 1960-1975 -- Pressing narratives / Mary Lee Corlett -- "Thinking about women" through form, substance, and radical politics / Melanie Anne Herzog -- Giving feminism a shove in the right direction / Catherine Morris -- Plates: 1975-2012 -- Shaping public space / Dalila Scruggs -- A woman of great integrity, and bravery / Lowery Stokes Sims -- Chronology / Rashieda Witter.

Call number

1. JQF 25-1001

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-281) and index.

Exhibitions (note)

1. "Exhibition dates: Brooklyn Museum, September 13, 2024 - January 19, 2025; National Gallery of Art, Washington, March 9 - July 6, 2025; The Art Institute of Chicago, August 30, 2025 - January 4, 2026"--colophon.

Title

1. Elizabeth Catlett : a Black revolutionary artist and all that it implies / edited by Dalila Scruggs ; with Mary Lee Corlett, J.V. Decemvirale, Julia Fernandez, Melanee C. Harvey, Melanie Anne Herzog, Catherine Morris, Sarah Kelly Oehler, Lowery Stokes Sims, Rashieda Witter.

Publisher

1. Washington : National Gallery of Art ; New York : Brooklyn Museum ; Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2024]

Copyright date

1. ©2024

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-281) and index.

Exhibitions

1. "Exhibition dates: Brooklyn Museum, September 13, 2024 - January 19, 2025; National Gallery of Art, Washington, March 9 - July 6, 2025; The Art Institute of Chicago, August 30, 2025 - January 4, 2026"--colophon.

Added author

1. Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915-2012, artist.
2. Scruggs, Dalila, editor.
3. Corlett, Mary Lee, contributor.
4. Decemvirale, John Vincent, contributor.
5. Fernandez, Julia (Assistant Professor), contributor.
6. Harvey, Melanee C., contributor.
7. Herzog, Melanie, contributor.
8. Morris, Catherine, contributor.
9. Oehler, Sarah Kelly, contributor.
10. Sims, Lowery Stokes, contributor.
11. Witter, Rashieda, contributor.
12. Brooklyn Museum, organizer, host institution.
13. National Gallery of Art (U.S.), organizer, host institution.
14. Art Institute of Chicago, host institution.

LCCN

1. 2024936694

ISBN

1. 0226836576 hardcover
2. 9780226836577 hardcover

Research call number

1. JQF 25-1001