Oct 05, 2017 - Sale 2456

Sale 2456 - Lot 34

Unsold
Estimate: $ 20,000 - $ 30,000
ELIZABETH CATLETT (1915 - 2012)
Sharecropper.

Color linoleum cut on wove paper, circa 1952. 452x425 mm; 17 5/8x16 1/2 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 60. Printed in 1970. Signed, titled, dated "1970" and inscribed "A/P" in pencil, lower margin. A very good impression with rich, dark colors of this important print.

Sharecropper, one of Catlett's most iconic images, was originally printed in 1952. She then published it as Cosechadora de Algodón in the journal Artes de México in 1957, and pulled various proofs in the 1950s before printing this edition of 60 in color in 1970.