Tuesday, April 03, 2012


Black Art In America
The Leading Voice for the Black Arts Community.

FRIENDS, We will miss ELIZABETH CATLETT, but her legacy will forever live on. We have been asked to pass along the following from the MORA CATLETT FAMILY.

We are informing you that Elizabeth Catlett, (born April 15, 1915) has peacefully passed away April 2, 2012, at her home in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. She is survived by her three children Francisco, Juan and David Mora Catlett, her daughters in Law, Danys Perez, Maria Antonieta Alvarez Mora and Sigrid Kistner, her grandchildren, Crystal Mora, Ife Mora, Paulina Mora, Naima Mora, Nia Mora, Citlali Mora, Mahalia Mora, Liethis Hechavarria, Jasmin Mora, Diego Mora, and her great grand children Sofia Piana, Noah Black, Niya Mora, Aza Mackin, Yuma Sanchez and Milan Castellanos.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/04/arts/design/elizabeth-catlett-sculptor-with-eye-on-social-issues-dies-at-96.html?_r=1


The art is: Civil Rights Congress, 1949, Linocut on cream wove paper

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