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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Perfect Storm by Sharron Parker, Image 1.

    Sharron Parker

    Perfect Storm, 2010

    Handmade felt (wool and silk)

    40 x 51 x 2 in (101.6 x 129.54 x 5.08 cm)

  2. Norm's Birthday by David Hilliard, Image 1.

    David Hilliard

    Norm's Birthday, 2001

    Four panel Chromogenic print

    40 x 120 in (101.6 x 304.8 cm)

  3. Baby, South Carolina by Richard Swanson, Image 1.

    Richard Swanson

    Baby, South Carolina, c. 1981

    Gelatin silver print

    16 x 20 in (40.64 x 50.8 cm)

  4. February at Riverwood by Bob Timberlake, Image 1.

    Bob Timberlake

    February at Riverwood, 1981

    Offset Lithograph on paper

    28 x 20.875 in (71.12 x 53.02 cm)

  5. Shrimp Fleet I by Carl Schwartz, Image 1.

    Carl Schwartz

    Shrimp Fleet I, 1980

    Lithograph on paper

    15 x 22.25 in (38.1 x 56.52 cm)

  6. Jim Steed mailbox, Route 1, Box 18 A, Utica, Mississippi, 1974 by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Jim Steed mailbox, Route 1, Box 18 A, Utica, Mississippi, 1974, 1974

    Chromogenic print

    16.125 x 24 in (40.96 x 60.96 cm)

  7. Edward Shalala

    Oil Landscape, 1974

    Mezzotint on paper

    17.5 x 19.5 in (44.45 x 49.53 cm)

  8. Fish and Faces with Geometric Border by Martin Rosenthal, Image 1.

    Martin Rosenthal

    Fish and Faces with Geometric Border, 1972

    Oil on canvas

    50.5 x 64 in (128.27 x 162.56 cm)

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About the artist

Elizabeth Catlett

American

1915-2012

Elizabeth Catlett was born in 1915 in Washington, DC. In her prints, paintings, and sculptures, Catlett united a modernist approach to structure with a political sensibility informed by her experiences as a Black woman. She drew from family memories and autobiographical source material as she composed expressive portraits and busts that lionized the intricacies of Black identity: labor, historical struggles, and the civil rights movement were frequent themes. Catlett studied at Howard University before pursuing graduate art studies at the University of Iowa. She eventually moved to New York, then to Mexico City, where she was inspired by the city’s lauded printmakers and muralists. She died in Cuernavaca, Mexico in 2012. Her work has been shown in New York, London, Mexico City, and Los Angeles and belongs in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, High Museum of Art, Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico, and Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York.