Elizabeth Catlett

Shoeshine Boy

1958

Dating
Exact year
Held at
National Gallery of Art
Medium
lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 43 × 43.6 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/16 in.) sheet: 58 × 50.1 cm (22 13/16 × 19 3/4 in.)
Collection no.
2022.163.2
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

Shoeshine Boy — Elizabeth Catlett. 1958.

Medium: lithograph on wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 43 × 43.6 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/16 in.) sheet: 58 × 50.1 cm (22 13/16 × 19 3/4 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2022.163.2. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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