Isobel Neal Gallery Records

Elizabeth CatlettWW-1985-017763

1985·Contact sheets, typed papers, negatives, cd-rom, carbon typescript papers, postcard, printed papers, photocopies, slides, color photographs and black and white photographs.·7 boxes: W.: 122 cm (48 in.)

Correspondence, artwork, financial papers, printed material, photography, ephemera, and other documentation derived from the Isobel Neal Gallery. Neal, Chicago’s first Black member of the Chicago Gallery Association, opened the Isobel Neal Gallery in 1986, with the intent to represent and sell works created exclusively by Black artists. The gallery was located at 200 W. Superior St and operated until 1996. The Gallery featured the work of artists including Elizabeth Catlett, Francisco Mora, William S. Carter, Benny Andrews, and more. In 1996, Neal retired, marking ten years that the gallery represented and exhibited art. However, Neal continues to serve as an arts consultant and curator in Chicago, and as Trustee Emeritus and a member of the Committee on Learning and Public Engagement at The Art Institute of Chicago. <a href="https://digital-libraries.artic.edu/digital/collection/findingaids/search/searchterm/Neal,%20Isobel,%20Gallery%20Records/field/title/mode/all/conn/and/cosuppress/1">View finding aid.</a> Collection access: Collections may be accessed in the Franke Reading Room of the Research Center at The Art Institute of Chicago, by appointment only. For further information, consult <a href="https://www.artic.edu/archival-collections/contact-usage-and-faq">the FAQ</a>. <a href="https://www.artic.edu/archival-collections/finding-aids">Finding aids by subject</a> <a href="http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/findingaids">Browse all finding aids</a> <a href="http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/mqc">Browse images and media</a> <a href="https://www.artic.edu/archival-collections/oral-histories">Oral histories</a> Contact the Ryerson and Burnham Art and Architecture Archives: archives@artic.edu

Catalogue

Year: 1985
Medium: Contact sheets, typed papers, negatives, cd-rom, carbon typescript papers, postcard, printed papers, photocopies, slides, color photographs and black and white photographs.
Dimensions: 7 boxes: W.: 122 cm (48 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Elizabeth Catlett

Artist

Elizabeth Catlett

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.

Mexico

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