Mexican life; graphic masterpieces depicting the life and people of Mexico : portfolio of eight prints.

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Mexican life; graphic masterpieces depicting the life and people of Mexico : portfolio of eight prints.

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Each print portrays an aspect of Mexican life or portraiture. All are signed by the artists: Leopoldo Méndez, Mariana Yampolsky, Alberto Beltrón, Francisco Dosamantes, Fanny Rabel, Elizabeth Catlett, Pablo O'Higgins, Celia Calderon.

1 portfolio (8 engravings and etchings) ; portfolio 49.5 x 42 cm., sheets 48 x 40.5 cm.

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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O'Higgins, Pablo, 1904-1983

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These lithographs were originally cut and printed in 1970. In 1999 a new series was printed by Mark Silverberg; these two sets are numbers 104 of 190 for series I, and 7 of 100 for series II. From the description of Imágenes de Mexico, I & II : lithographs, 1999. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122384067 ...

Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915-2012

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Elizabeth Catlett (b. Apr. 15, 1915, Washington, DC–d. Apr. 2, 2012, Cuernavaca, Mexico) was the granddaughter of freed slaves and a graduate of Howard University. She studied with artist Lois Mailou Jones and philosopher Alain Locke at Howard and also came to know artists James Herring, James Wells, and art historian James A. Porter. Catlett was a graduate student at the University of Iowa and studied drawing and painting with Grant Wood and sculpture with Harry Edward Stinson. Catlett graduat...

Dosamantes, Francisco, 1911-

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Yampolsky, Mariana, 1925-....

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Born in Chicago to a Russian father and German mother, Yampolsky moved to Mexico in 1944 and studied at La Esmeralda school of painting and sculpture in Mexico City. Before taking up photography, Yampolsky worked as an engraver at the Taller de Grafica Popular studio, founded in Mexico in the 1940s by artists who produced for the masses. It was there that she became interested in photography. Her photos often feature the daily life of Mexico's indians. From the description of Prints ...

Taller de Gráfica Popular (Mexico City, Mexico)

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Rabel, Fanny, 1924-

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Calderon, Celia.

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Beltran, Alberto (Vocalist)

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Méndez, Leopoldo, 1902-1969

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Mexican artist. From the description of Homenaje a Posada : linocut, 1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122383986 Méndez was associated with the Centro Productor de Artes Plasticas del Depto. De Bellas Artes (as well as the Taller de Gráfica Popular). From the guide to the Leopoldo Méndez En Nombre de Cristo: han Asesinado mas de 200 Maestros Folio, 1939, (University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research) ...