The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
I Have Always Worked Hard in America
1946
(American, 1915–2012)
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.)
© Catlett Mora Family Trust / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Location: not on view
Description
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 The Negro Woman series of 15 linocuts, which includes I Have Always Worked Hard in America, a historical celebration of the oppression, resistance, survival, and achievements of African American women.- 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
- The Cleveland Museum of Art (1/26/2014 - 5/18/2014); "Our Stories: African American Prints and Drawings"
- {{cite web|title=I Have Always Worked Hard in America|url=false|author=Elizabeth Catlett|year=1946|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2000.95