Elizabeth Catlett : an American artist in Mexico
Herzog, Melanie
Elizabeth Catlett : an American artist in Mexico / Melanie Anne Herzog - Seattle : University of Washington Press , c2000. - xvi, 240 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. - The Jacob Lawrence series on American artists .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-236) and index.
In this illustrated monograph, Herzog (art history, Edgewood College) documents the full range of Catlett's life and work. In addition to thoroughly researching primary source materials and critiquing individual art works, she has conducted numerous interviews with the artist and has analyzed the political context of her work and her diverse sympathies and allegiances. She shows how Catlett transformed an extraordinary stylistic vocabulary into a powerful art that manifests her firm belief that the visual arts can play a role in the construction of a meaningful identity, both transnational and ethnically grounded. Contains color and b&w illustrations.
9780295985459
00021303
Catlett, Elizabeth , 1915 ----Criticism and interpretation
African american sculptors---Mexico
Artists---Mexico
NB259.C384 / H47 2000
LAS 730.92 CAT
Elizabeth Catlett : an American artist in Mexico / Melanie Anne Herzog - Seattle : University of Washington Press , c2000. - xvi, 240 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. - The Jacob Lawrence series on American artists .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-236) and index.
In this illustrated monograph, Herzog (art history, Edgewood College) documents the full range of Catlett's life and work. In addition to thoroughly researching primary source materials and critiquing individual art works, she has conducted numerous interviews with the artist and has analyzed the political context of her work and her diverse sympathies and allegiances. She shows how Catlett transformed an extraordinary stylistic vocabulary into a powerful art that manifests her firm belief that the visual arts can play a role in the construction of a meaningful identity, both transnational and ethnically grounded. Contains color and b&w illustrations.
9780295985459
00021303
Catlett, Elizabeth , 1915 ----Criticism and interpretation
African american sculptors---Mexico
Artists---Mexico
NB259.C384 / H47 2000
LAS 730.92 CAT
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