Catlett, Elizabeth. Head, 1947. Terracotta, Overall: 10 3/4 × 6 1/2 × 8 3/4in. (27.3 × 16.5 × 22.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Jack E. Chachkes Purchase Fund, the +6Schmidt Shubert Purchase Fund, and the Wilfred P. and Rose J. Cohen Purchase Fund in memory of Cecil Joseph Weekes, 2013.103. © Catlett Mora Family Trust / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York (Photo: Whitney Museum of American Art)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Whitney Museum of American Art

Head

1947

Elizabeth Catlett

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Catlett, Elizabeth
Classification: Sculpture
Formatted Medium: Terracotta
Medium: terracotta
Dimensions: Overall: 10 3/4 × 6 1/2 × 8 3/4in. (27.3 × 16.5 × 22.2 cm)
Accession Number: 2013.103
Credit Line: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Jack E. Chachkes Purchase Fund, the +6Schmidt Shubert Purchase Fund, and the Wilfred P. and Rose J. Cohen Purchase Fund in memory of Cecil Joseph Weekes

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