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Estimate: $ 20,000 - $ 30,000
ELIZABETH CATLETT (1915 - 2012) Figure.
Cast bronze, with a green patina, 1961. Approximately 352x191x89 mm; 13 7/8x7 1/2x3 1/2 inches (not including wood base). Initialed at the rear lower edge.
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection.
Exhibited: Elizabeth Catlett Sculpture: A Fifty Year Retrospective, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, SUNY, February 8 - June 7, 1988, traveling exhibition.
Illustrated: Lucinda Gedeon, Elizabeth Catlett Sculpture: A Fifty Year Retrospective, p. 52.
This standing female figure, stretching upwards, is an excellent example of the artist's mid-career work in bronze. The pose of upraised arms is typical of her depictions of the strength and dignity of women.
