There is a woman in every color

There is a woman in every color

Elizabeth S. Catlett

1975 - 2004

Linocut, screenprint and woodcut
Signed, titled, dated and numbered 15/60
second printing
Blind stamp: Printed by J K Fine Art Editions Co., New York

Catlett, the granddaughter of enslaved laborers and daughter of educators, was one of the first three persons in the nation to receive the new MFA degree from the University of Iowa in 1940. There, she studied under artist Grant Wood, who famously urged her to make art about what she knew best. She committed to an exploration of her own gender and racial identity — an “enduring celebration of women of color” (Lena Hill, Provost). This print references the diversity of Black women’s skin tones, as well as the universality of women. It also affirms Black queer identities.

Museum Purchase