Sharecropper - 1957

M. Lee Stone Fine Prints, Inc. is proud to offer a selection of prints by Elizabeth Catlett, one of the most important African-American artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

...and a special fear for my loved ones 1947

Special houses... 1946

Civil Rights Congress 1949

Catlett was born in 1915 in Washington, D.C. She graduated cum laude from Howard University in 1935 where she studied with James Porter, James I. Wells and Lois Mailou Jones. She completed her MFA at the University of Iowa in 1940 where she studied with Grant Wood.

Peones Mexicano 1952

Pancho Villa 1950

Cartas 1986

In 1946-47 Catlett was awarded a Julius Rosenwald Fund Fellowship following which she traveled to Mexico to complete her project of a series of prints, paintings and sculpture depicting the oppression, struggles and achievements of "The Negro Woman". Catlett remained in Mexico after her fellowship and married artist Francisco Mora. In 1958 she became the first female professor of sculpture at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City. One year later she became head of the sculpture department where she remained until her retirement in 1976.

Compesino Mexicano 1953

Madonna 1982

Educacion en Cuba 1965

Elizabeth Catlett's work consistently portrays the working and poor African-American woman as well as the Mexican woman. Catlett was active in the Civil Rights Movement and she demonstrates her social and political consciousness through her writing and her art.

Homage To The Panthers 1993

Glory 1986

Survivor 1983

Catlett's long and fruitful career as printmaker, sculptor and teacher has brought her numerous accolades and awards. Her work resides in museums and private collections around the world. She continues to receive accolades and awards from around the country.

Pensive 1985

Blues Player 1995

Lovey Twice 1976

Farewell 1953

Children With Flowers 1995

Thurgood Marshall 2001

Ref: Herzog, Melanie Anne, Elizabeth Catlett, An American Artist in Mexico, University of Washington Press, 2000.