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Also Known As Elizabeth Alice Catlett
Born April 15, 1915 • Washington, D.C. • United States
Died April 2, 2012 (aged 96) • Cuernavaca • Mexico

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Witness artists installing Sol LeWitt's wall drawings at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
Sol LeWitt
American artist
Leonard Baskin
American sculptor
Simone Leigh
Simone Leigh
American artist
Mickalene Thomas
Mickalene Thomas
American mixed-media artist
Selma Burke and her bust of Booker T. Washington
Selma Burke
American sculptor and educator
Augusta Savage: Realization
Augusta Savage
American sculptor and educator
Edmondson, William: Rabbit
William Edmondson
American sculptor
Edmonia Lewis
American sculptor
Lever #3, painted ponderosa pine by Martin Puryear, 1989; in the McKee Gallery, New York City. 8412 × 162 × 13 inches.
Martin Puryear
American sculptor
Kerry James Marshall
Kerry James Marshall
American artist
Charles Alston and Romare Bearden
Charles Alston
American painter, sculptor, illustrator, and art instructor
Sargent Johnson
American artist
Barthé, Richmond
Richmond Barthé
American sculptor
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas
French artist
Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
French artist
Joan Miró
Joan Miró
Spanish artist
Lee Ufan
Lee Ufan
Korean artist, critic, philosopher, and poet
Erfurth, Hugo: Käthe Kollwitz
Käthe Kollwitz
German artist
Georg Baselitz: Armalamor
Georg Baselitz
German artist

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