<I>Singing Their Songs</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1992
name: label: Created by
content: Elizabeth Catlett, Mexican and American, 1915 - 2012
label: Printed by
content: J.K. Fine Editions Company/Mojo Portfolio, American, founded 1975
label: Subject of
content: Margaret Walker, American, 1915 - 1998
notes: label: Caption
content: This print is from Elizabeth Catlett's For My People portfolio, which she created for the 50th anniversary of the poem by the same name by Catlett's close friend Margaret Walker. Walker's poem "For My People," was first published in Poetry magazine in 1937.
label: Description
content: A framed color lithograph print titled “Singing Their Songs” by Elizabeth Catlett. The print is divided into four unequal quadrants. The upper left quadrant depicts a Black woman from the neck up with her mouth open in song. Against an orange background in the upper right quadrant is a kneeling Black woman wearing a brown dress with white flowers, her hands clasped in a prayer position. In the bottom left quadrant are two repeated images in black ink of a Black man's face against a blue background. In the bottom right quadrant is a Black man against a grey background wearing a checkered green and white shirt, his mouth open in song.
label: Description
content: The artist signed the artwork in the front in lower right corner [E. Catlett 1992], wrote the edition in the lower left corner [A/P VII], and the title in the bottom center [Singing their songs..]. On the back, on the upper right edging of the frame, is a white rectangular sticker with an inscription written in black ink [SINGING THEIR SONGS 1992 / LITHOGRAPH 28x24 / $3500.00].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Prayer
label: Topic
content: Religion
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: For My People
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of Carroll Parrott Blue
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.39.7ab
objectType: label: Type
content: lithographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Estate of Elizabeth Catlett
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (unframed): 15 1/2 × 13 1/2 in. (39.4 × 34.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (framed): 25 1/2 × 22 1/2 in. (64.8 × 57.2 cm)