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.

Catlett’s riveting portrayal was inspired by his own father, who grew up watching James Cagney and Edward G. Robinson in the movies and wanted to be an actor; instead, he forged a career in the ...

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.