id:			161742
accession number:	2000.95
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2000.95
updated:		2023-03-15 15:46:40.979000

I Have Always Worked Hard in America, 1946. Elizabeth Catlett (American, 1915–2012). Linoleum cut; sheet: 28.5 x 24 cm (11 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.); image: 21.6 x 15.2 cm (8 1/2 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from funds of various donors to the Department of Prints and Drawings 2000.95 © Catlett Mora Family Trust / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

title:				I Have Always Worked Hard in America
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creation date:			1946
creation date earliest:		1946
creation date latest:		1946
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creditline:			Gift from funds of various donors to the Department of Prints and Drawings
copyright:			© Catlett Mora Family Trust / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	linoleum cut
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Linocut
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Elizabeth Catlett (American, 1915–2012)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 28.5 x 24 cm (11 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.); Image: 21.6 x 15.2 cm (8 1/2 x 6 in.)
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edition of the work: 	(20)  this is the archival impression from the TGP

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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signed and dated in graphite, below image, l.r: E Catlett 46
TGP workshop stamp printed in purple ink l.l. corner of sheet
VERSO: inscribed in graphite, l.l. : Elizabeth Catlett / R.12; inscribed in black ink, l.l.: "siempre he trabajado duro"

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* The Cleveland Museum of Art (1/26/2014 - 5/18/2014); "Our Stories: African American Prints and Drawings"

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PROVENANCE

	Archival impression from the TGP (Taller de Grafica Popular) workshop in Mexico, sold directly to Tobey Moss Gallery (Los Angeles, CA) from whom the CMA purchased the print
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Catlett wrote boldly about her work: "[My] purpose is to present black people in their beauty and dignity for ourselves and others to understand and enjoy and to exhibit my work where black people can visit and find art to which they can relate." Catlett won a Julius Rosenwald Fellowship to go to Mexico City in 1946 and work at the Taller de Gráfica Popular (People's Graphic Art Workshop). There she produced <em>The Negro Woman</em> series of 15 linocuts, which includes <em>I Have Always Worked Hard in America</em>, a historical celebration of the oppression, resistance, survival, and achievements of African American women.
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