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Topic 4.10
![A color lithographic print divided into quarters, juxtaposing two black faces in the upper left and lower right quadrants, 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. In the lower left corner is the print edition and date "11/100 Negro es bello II." Below the print in the lower right corner is the artist's signature and date in pencil "E Catlett '69-01."](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2025-04/ElizabethCatlettPage.png?itok=9SczDkDx)
Source: A lithograph (ink on rag paper) by Elizabeth Catlett, Negro es Bello II, 1969. Printed 2001. (Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. © 2025 Mora-Catlett Family / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY)
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