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A book highlighting the work of pioneering Black printmaker, sculptor, and activist Elizabeth Catlett. Accomplished printmaker and sculptor, avowed feminist, and lifelong activist Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012) built a remarkable career around intersecting passions for formal rigor and social justice. This book, accompanying a major traveling retrospective, offers a revelatory look at the artist and her nearly century-long life, highlighting overlooked works alongside iconic masterpieces. Catlett’s activism and artistic expression were deeply connected, and she protested the injustices of her time throughout her life. Her work in printmaking and sculpture draws on organic abstraction, the...
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Lavishly illustrated two volume set commemorating the 100th publication of Ediciones La Rana. First number examines the Pre-Columbian "pintadera"s, small ceramic or clay stamps measuring between 1 to 25 cm. and of variety of forms with carved designs of animals, geometric figures, symbols and abstract elements probably used for pattern designs. The Colonial prints, mainly religious, done using burin engraving over copper plate and xylography techniques. Volume two reviews in detail the life and art of the 2 most important Mexican engravers: Jose Guadalupe Posada and Manuel Manilla, printmakers at Vanegas Arroyo's press, highlighting the importance of the depiction of the "Calavera" in their graphic work.
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