La Presa
<p>This print,<em> La presa (The Dam)</em>, is representative of work Elizabeth Catlett produced for the Taller de Gráfica Popular (People’s Graphic Arts Workshop) to celebrate <em>Mexicanidad</em> (Mexican revolutionary spirit) and social and economic progress. This specific print is part of a series created to laud the achievements of Lázaro Cárdenas’s presidency: in this case, building a dam and channeling environmental resources into impoverished areas of the country, spreading electricity and improved education throughout Mexico. The print was produced for a government-sponsored conference and was exhibited there.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1952
- Dimensions
- Image: 45.2 × 37.4 cm (17 13/16 × 14 3/4 in.); Sheet: 63.8 × 48.5 cm (25 1/8 × 19 1/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Elizabeth Catlett
Artist
Sculpture
Elizabeth Catlett was a sculptor whose artistic career spanned an impressive six decades, characterized by a rich body of works that are inspired by her experience as a woman of African American and Mexican descent. Throughout her life, across nearly a century from Jim Crow segregation through the Civil Rights Movement into Barack Obama’s first term as president, Catlett has been an ardent feminist and social activist that shines through in the dedication and commitment to her political beliefs found in her artistic practice.
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For My People
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1975 · Linoleum cut
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1972 · Color woodcut and linocut in black on off-white wove paper
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1969 · Linoleum cut
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Elizabeth Catlett
- Year
- 1952
- Dimensions
- Image: 45.2 × 37.4 cm (17 13/16 × 14 3/4 in.); Sheet: 63.8 × 48.5 cm (25 1/8 × 19 1/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1952-016507
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified