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Black is Beautiful by Elizabeth Catlett — VisualArtsDB

Black is Beautiful

Black is Beautiful

Elizabeth Catlett

1968

Medium: Lithograph on cream paper
Dimensions: 7 3/8 × 11 in. (18.73 × 27.94 cm) (image) 8 7/8 × 12 3/4 in. (22.54 × 32.39 cm) (sight) 17 5/8 × 21 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (44.77 × 53.98 × 3.81 cm) (outer frame)
Genre: Print
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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