Photo of collection object I Have Special Reservations — Catlett, Elizabeth. I Have Special Reservations, 1946. Linocut on cream wove paper, Sheet: 15 1/8 x 11 3/8 in. (38.4 x 28.9 cm) Image: 6 3/8 x 6 5/16 in. (16.2 x 16 cm). Emily Winthrop Miles Fund, 1996.47.2. © artist or artist's estate.

Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum

I Have Special Reservations

1946

Elizabeth Catlett

American, 1915-2012

Contemporary Art

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Maker/Artist: Catlett, Elizabeth
Classification: Print
Formatted Medium: Linocut on cream wove paper
Medium: linocut, cream, wove, paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 15 1/8 x 11 3/8 in. (38.4 x 28.9 cm) Image: 6 3/8 x 6 5/16 in. (16.2 x 16 cm)
Inscribed: Inscribed in graphite below image at lower left: "19/20 I have special reservations ..."; and at bottom of sheet at lower left: "12."
Departments: Contemporary Art
Accession Number: 1996.47.2
Credit Line: Emily Winthrop Miles Fund
Exhibitions: The Legacy of Lynching: Confronting Racial Terror in America, Half the Picture: A Feminist Look at the Collection
Rights Statement: © artist or artist's estate
Museum Location: This item is not on view
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