Elizabeth Catlett — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

Sharecropper.

$50,800

Oct 2025

Harriet.

$9,525

Oct 2025

Negro Woman

$21,250

Apr 2025

Red Leaves

$12,500

Apr 2025

Mis Hijos (Mis Niños)

$10,000

Oct 2024

Two Generations

$8,125

Oct 2024

Survivor

$4,750

Oct 2024

Harriet

$10,000

Retrato en Cuarto

$8,125

Madonna

$7,000

Flowers for George Jackson

$6,250

Survivor

$5,750

Domestic Worker

$20,000

Oct 2022

Cartas

$4,000

Oct 2022

I have special reservations

$15,000

Harriet

$11,875

Dancing

$9,375

Playmates

$8,750

There is a Woman in Every Color

$6,750

For My People

$6,000

In Other Folks' Homes

$5,250

Homage to the Panthers

$5,000

Untitled (Young Woman Looking Up), 1954

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Stella Jones Gallery · Artsy

Reclining Figure, 2004

Bronze, on white marble pedestal

Bronze, patinated

Hirschl & Adler · Artsy

Torso, 1988

US$85,000

Black Art in America · Artsy

Madonna, 1982

For sale

Lithograph

Sragow Gallery · Artsy

Glory, 2008

Linocut in brown ink

Sragow Gallery · Artsy

Mimi, 2007

Linocut

Sragow Gallery · Artsy

Adelita, 1959

Linocut

Taylor | Graham · Artsy

Stepping Out, 1987

US$55,000

Bronze

Singing Their Songs, For My People, Elizabeth Catlett

All the People, For My People, Elizabeth Catlett

To Marry, For My People, Elizabeth Catlett

NEW GENERATION Signed Lithograph, Father and Son Portrait

$8,900

BREAD (Derecho Alimentarse) Signed Linocut, Mexican Girl with Braided Hair

$6,000

MAN Signed Woodcut Print, Trial Proof, Black Ink on White Paper, 2003

$3,900

"Young Douglass Signed Linocut Print, Contemporary Portrait, 2004"

$5,400

MALCOLM X SPEAKS FOR US Signed Linocut Portrait Head Black Activist Civil Rights

$8,500

A Second Generation, For My People, Elizabeth Catlett

Playmates, For My People, Elizabeth Catlett

NEGRO ES BELLO II Signed Lithograph, Black Is Beautiful, Black Power Movement

$6,200

THE DOOR OF JUSTICE Hand Signed Lithograph, Lawyer and Clients, Civil Rights

$6,000

Alpha 137 Gallery · 1stDibs

Elizabeth Catlett - Homage to the Panthers signed/n lithograph provenance Framed

$18,500

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Market495 auction results

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$16.0K – $50.8K

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$34.6K

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$47.9K

7 priced sculpture/objects lots

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Nov 2025 · $50.8K

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Sculpture/objects: $47.9K medianWorks on paper: $6.9K medianPaintings: — medianEditioned prints: $4.7K medianEditioned objects: $5.5K medianUnclassified lots: $124K medianPosters/ephemera: $2.8K medianBooks/portfolios: $3.0K median

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Biennial Selections2

São Paulo Biennial — São Paulo

2023 · choreographies of the impossible · curated by Diane Lima, Grada Kilomba, Hélio Menezes, Manuel Borja-Villel

Istanbul Biennial — Istanbul

2011 · Untitled · curated by Adriano Pedrosa and Jens Hoffmann

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Education5

Howard University

School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)

Chicago, IL, USA

South Side Community Art Center

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MFA

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA, USA

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Publications1

Group Catalog 1

Meaning Matter Memory: Selections from the Studio Museum in Harlem Collection

Phaidon Press · 2024

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Current Exhibitions1

Albertina

CARE MATTERS. An Exhibition of the VERBUND COLLECTION

Renate Bertlmann, Elizabeth Catlett, Hannah Cooke, Sandra Eleta, VALIE EXPORT, Sophie Gogl, Marlene Haring, Lena Henke, Natalia Iguiñiz Boggio, Birgit Jürgenssen, Kirsten Justesen, Anna Kutera, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Christine Lederer, Karin Mack, Małgorzata Markiewicz, Kelly O’Brien, Frida Orupabo, Letícia Parente, Margot Pilz, Maria Pinińska-Bereś, Margaret Raspé, Laura Ribero, Martha Rosler, Hansel Sato, Anna Schölß, Mary Sibande, Lorna Simpson, Annegret Soltau, Rosemarie Trockel, Nicole Wermers, Akihito Yoshida

Albertinapl. 1, 1010 Wien, Austria

Mar 12, 2026 — Jun 28, 2026

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#683 Stella Jones Gallery

The Making of a Warrior: ELIZABETH CATLETT In New Orleans

Elizabeth Catlett

3937 Magazine St

Jan 4, 2025 — Apr 4, 2025

Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist

National Gallery of Art

Elizabeth Catlett

Jan 1, 2025

Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist Closed July 6, 2025 Trace the career of this cultural force—from her roots in Washington, DC, Chicago, and Ne...

Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies

Brooklyn Museum

Elizabeth Catlett

200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238, USA

Sep 13, 2024 — Jan 19, 2025

Elizabeth Catlett — September 13, 2024 – January 19, 2025

Then Is Now: Contemporary Black Art in America

Bruce Museum

Hank Willis Thomas, Emma Amos, Benny Andrews, Radcliffe Bailey, Dawoud Bey, Elizabeth Catlett, Melvin Edwards, Barkley Hendricks, Jammie Holmes, Steve Locke, Titus Kaphar, Alison Saar

1 Museum Dr, Greenwich, CT 06830, USA

Jan 1, 2023

Then Is Now: Contemporary Black Art in America April 2, 2023 – Oct. 15, 2023