<I>Negro es Bello II</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1969; printed 2001
name: label: Created by
content: Elizabeth Catlett, Mexican and American, 1915 - 2012
notes: label: Description
content: A lithographic print juxtaposing two black faces stylized as African masks framed by yellow circular emblems with a black panther in the center. The words [BLACK IS / BEAUTIFUL] are inscribed around each panther. The print appears in quadrants, with one face in three-quarter view in the top left and the other face appearing straight on in the lower left. The panther emblems appear in a grid in the top right and bottom left quadrants, with the top and bottom rows extending across the full print. In the bottom left quadrant, the far right emblem in the second row from the top is turned at a ninety degree angle from the others, to appear sideways. Below the print in the lower left corner is the print edition and date "15/100 Negro es bello II." Below the print in the lower right corner is the artist signature and date in pencil "E Catlett '69-01." The image is centered on the middle of the sheet and is bordered in white.
place: label: Place printed
content: Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Social reform
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Movement
content: Black is Beautiful
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.108.2
objectType: label: Type
content: lithographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 2020 Catlett Mora Family Trust/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on rag paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 33 9/16 x 25 7/16 in. (85.2 x 64.6 cm)