Three Women of America

Born in Washington DC, American-Mexican artist Elizabeth Catlett is best known for her depictions in sculpture and in graphic art of the lived Black-American experience. In 1946 Catlett traveled to Mexico City, where she worked for twenty years, adding yet another layer to her artistic expression. "Three Women of America" by Elizabeth Catlett is an image of three women of different ethnicities—white, black, and brown—intertwined. Each face shares an eye with the next; each arm and hand overlay another's; and each figure wears different bold colors and patterns that distinguish their differences and blend their similarities.