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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Elizabeth Catlett.

Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Elizabeth Catlett.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915-2012
  • Wilson, Shawn
  • Burghelea, Neculai
  • HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Description
1 online resource (6 video files (3 hr., 3 min., 1 sec.)) : sound, color.
Summary
Artist and sculptor Elizabeth Catlett was born on April 15, 1915, in Washington, D.C. She received her B. A. from Howard University and her M.F.A. degree from the University of Iowa in 1940. Catlett began her work in Mexico City's Taller de Grafica Popular, graphic arts and mural workshop collective. There, she produced her first major show, I am a Negro Woman, a series of prints and sculptures, in 1947. She collaborated with several artists including her husband Francisco Mora and Frida Kahlo. From 1958 to 1976, Catlett directed the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico's sculpture department. In 1998, the Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase, New York honored her with a fifty year retrospective. Her works were also featured at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City, the Baltimore Museum of Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art. Catlett died April 2, 2012, 2 weeks before her 97th birthday.
Alternative Title
  • History Makers video oral history with Elizabeth Catlett
  • Elizabeth Catlett
Subject
  • Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915-2012 > Interviews
  • Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915-2012
  • African Americans > Interviews
  • African Americans
  • Printmaker Art Professor Sculptor
Genre/Form
  • Internet videos.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  • Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
OCLC
998757938
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Elizabeth Catlett.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
Playing Time
030301
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
video file
Performer
Shawn Wilson, interviewer.
Credits
Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
Event
Recorded New York, New York 2005 July 26.
Recorded New York, New York 2005 July 27.
Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
Printmaker Art Professor Sculptor.
Added Author
Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915-2012, interviewee.
Wilson, Shawn, interviewer.
Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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