Much of Catlett’s art focused on the duality of her two experiences, but nothing embodied such quite like the beautiful sculpture titled Naima: My Granddaughter, which was first completed in 1998.

Tagged: Books, Brooklyn Museum, Elizabeth Catlett, Reviews Alexandra M. Thomas Alexandra M. Thomas is an assistant professor of art history at Fordham University.

Articles about Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012), an African American sculptor and printmaker whose work focused on the African American experience, particularly the female perspective.

Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012) is hardly an unknown artist. Her sharecropper images, particularly a 1952 linocut of a weary worker in a wide-brimmed hat, are recognizable far beyond the art world.

Rick Catlett, former President of the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, recently hit his first hole-in-one at age 73. This achievement makes him the last member of his golf-loving family to hit a hole-in-one ...

Elizabeth Catlett, “Black Unity,” 1968. Cedar. ... The aforementioned piece is a marble bust of Catlett’s granddaughter Naima Mora, who is an actor, author, and accomplished model.