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Elizabeth Catlett

Woman Resting 

Auction Closed

May 16, 09:24 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Elizabeth Catlett

1915 - 2012


Woman Resting

incised with the artist's initials and date 81 (on the base)

polychromed mahogany

19 ¾ by 12 by 14 ½ in.

50.2 by 30.5 by 36.8 cm.

Executed in 1981.

Private Collection (acquired by 2001)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Washington, D.C., National Museum of African Art, Conversations: African and African American Artworks in Dialogue, November 2014 - January 2016, pl. 35, p. 74, illustrated in color

David C. Driskell, The Other Side of Color, San Francisco 2001, pl. 57, pp. 107-109, illustrated in color