id:			161742
accession number:	2000.95
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2000.95
updated:		2024-04-25 11:08:18.597000

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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	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

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (1/26/2014 - 5/18/2014); "Our Stories: African American Prints and Drawings"', 'opening_date': '2014-01-26T00:00:00'}

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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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