# Elizabeth Catlett - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T03:52:40.127Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 722
- Lots with prices: 603
- First auction date: 2001-11-01
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-23
- Median realised price: $3,500
- Price range: $60 to $485,000

## Market Takeaway
Elizabeth Catlett shows very deep auction liquidity with 715 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 48 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-13.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,875 and $7,500.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 9.4% (56 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 70.3% (419 sales)
- $10,000\+: 20.3% (121 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 48
- Previous 12 months sales: 52
- Recent 12 months median: $3,900
- Previous 12 months median: $3,250
- Median shift: 20%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-13
- Days since latest sale: 67
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 349 lots
- Weschler's: 81 lots
- Black Art Auction: 75 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 45 lots
- Bonhams: 32 lots
- Christie's: 15 lots
- Material Culture: 11 lots
- RoGallery: 11 lots
- Bruce Teleky Inc.: 9 lots
- Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery: 7 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-09 | ELIZABETH CATLETT "RAFAELA" COLOR SCREENPRINT | District Auction | $600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-elizabeth-catlett-rafaela-color-screenprint-69-c-6457d0d284
2. 2024-12-14 | Elizabeth Catlett, 1915\-2012, Dance | Black Art Auction | $850
3. 2024-10-03 | ELIZABETH CATLETT \(1915 \- 2012\) Reclined Figure. | Swann Auction Galleries | $161,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-elizabeth-catlett-1915-2012-reclined-figure-182-c-6994b33b5b
4. 2024-10-03 | ELIZABETH CATLETT \(1915 \- 2012\) Olmec Bather \#1. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-elizabeth-catlett-1915-2012-olmec-bather-1-170-c-146499c987
5. 2026-04-23 | ELIZABETH CATLETT \(1915\-2012\) Pensive 16 5/8 in. \(42.2 cm.\) high, on a 1 in. \(2.5 cm.\) high marble base \(Modeled in 1946.\) | Bonhams | $32,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-elizabeth-catlett-1915-2012-pensive-16-5-8-in-42-2-cm-high-on-a-1-in-2-5-cm-high-marble-base-modeled-in-1946-79-c-3d718fa2a7
6. 2026-04-02 | Elizabeth Catlett \(1915\-2012\), Olmec Bather, 1967. | Swann Auction Galleries | $88,900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-elizabeth-catlett-1915-2012-olmec-bather-1967-74-c-9ac89015a8
7. 2026-03-27 | Elizabeth Catlett \(American 1915\-2012\), Playmates: From 'For My People', Color lithograph on cream wove paper, 1992, Sight size: 400 x 349 mm \(15\-3/4 x13\-3/4 in\); Frame: 27\-1/2 x 25\-1/4 in \(69.9 x 64.1 cm\) | Weschler's | $2,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-elizabeth-catlett-american-1915-2012-playmates-from-for-my-people-color-lithograph-on-cream-wove-paper-1992-sight-size-400-x-349-mm-15-3-4-x13-3-4-in-frame-27-1-2-x-25-1-4-in-69-9-x-64-1-cm-255-c-e46f9b1f20
8. 2026-03-27 | Elizabeth Catlett \(American 1915\-2012\), Walking Blindly: From 'For My People', Color lithograph on wove paper, Sight size: 400 x 349 mm \(15\-3/4 x13\-3/4 in\); Frame: 27\-1/2 x 25\-1/4 in \(69.9 x 64.1 cm\) | Weschler's | $3,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-elizabeth-catlett-american-1915-2012-walking-blindly-from-for-my-people-color-lithograph-on-wove-paper-sight-size-400-x-349-mm-15-3-4-x13-3-4-in-frame-27-1-2-x-25-1-4-in-69-9-x-64-1-cm-254-c-1815ef33b0
9. 2026-03-27 | Elizabeth Catlett \(American 1915\-2012\), Glory, Linoleum cut in color, Sight size: 394 x 248 mm \(15\-1/2 x 9\-3/4 in\); Frame: 25\-1/2 x 19 in \(64.8 x 48.3 cm\) | Weschler's | $9,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-elizabeth-catlett-american-1915-2012-glory-linoleum-cut-in-color-sight-size-394-x-248-mm-15-1-2-x-9-3-4-in-frame-25-1-2-x-19-in-64-8-x-48-3-cm-46-c-47741f4382
10. 2026-03-21 | Elizabeth Catlett \(American, 1915\-2012\) woodcut with linocut | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $1,600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-elizabeth-catlett-american-1915-2012-woodcut-with-linocut-325-c-e9a12eba57
11. 2026-02-20 | 'SHARECROPPER' LITHOGRAPH, AFTER ELIZABETH CATLETT | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $125 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-sharecropper-lithograph-after-elizabeth-catlett-825-c-d36fcf7994
12. 2025-12-13 | Elizabeth Catlett, 1915\-2012, Olmec Bather \#1 | Black Art Auction | $32,500
13. 2025-12-07 | ELIZABETH CATLETT \(African / American 1915 \-2012\) | Clarke Auction Gallery | $7,000
14. 2025-12-07 | ELIZABETH CATLETT 'HARRIENT TUBMAN' | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | $150
15. 2025-12-06 | ELIZABETH CATLETT 'SHARECROPPER' LINOCUT | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | N/A
16. 2025-11-20 | ELIZABETH CATLETT \(1915\-2012\). Pensive. bronze with dark brown patina on wo | Christie's | $50,800
17. 2025-11-18 | ELIZABETH CATLETT \(1915\-2012\) Embrace 20 1/2 in. \(52.1 cm.\) high \(Carved in 1998.\) | Bonhams | N/A
18. 2025-11-14 | Elizabeth Catlett \(American, 1925\-2012\) Lithograph in Colors on Wove Paper 1992, 'Walking Blindly', H 22.75" W 18.5" Frame Size: H 31.125" W 25.125" | DuMouchelles | $1,300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-elizabeth-catlett-american-1925-2012-lithograph-in-colors-on-wove-paper-1992-walking-blindly-h-22-75-w-18-5-frame-size-h-31-125-w-25-125-1037-c-ed6843a763
19. 2025-11-13 | Elizabeth Catlett \(1915\-2012\), Gossip, 2005. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
20. 2025-11-13 | Elizabeth Catlett \(1915\-2012\), Malcolm X Speaks for Us, 1969\-2004. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
21. 2025-10-18 | Elizabeth Catlett, 1915\-2012, Lovey Twice | Black Art Auction | $6,500
22. 2025-10-18 | Elizabeth Catlett, 1915\-2012, Waving | Black Art Auction | $3,750
23. 2025-10-18 | Elizabeth Catlett, 1915\-2012, untitled, Confrontation | Black Art Auction | $100,000
24. 2025-10-18 | Elizabeth Catlett, 1915\-2012, Cabeza Indigena | Black Art Auction | $3,250

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