Elizabeth Catlett lived a life creating work that addressed gender, racial and class inequities. In 1971 she wrote, “Art for me now must develop from a necessity within my people. It must answer a question, or wake somebody up, or give a shove in the right direction—our liberation.”

Source Material:

· Elizabeth Catlett @ MIA: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/7890/sharecropper-elizabeth-catlett

· A History of African-American Artists: From 1792 to the Present, Romare Bearden & Harry Henderson, 1993, Pantheon, pp. 418-426

· Elizabeth Catlett @ Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture: https://www.lewismuseum.org/elizabethcatlett/

· Elizabeth Catlett @ MoMA: https://www.moma.org/artists/1037

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