A taller gráfica popular paises mexicanos

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Taller de Gráfica Popular (founded Mexico City, 1937). Los Indigenas De Mexico Son Despojados De Sus Tierras, 1947. Relief print on paper, sheet: 15 13/16 x 10 11/16 in. (40.2 x 27.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Emily Winthrop Miles Fund, 1996.152.1. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1996.152.1_PS11.jpg)

A taller gráfica popular paises mexicanos

Taller de Gráfica Popular, Francisco Mora

Contemporary Art

The Taller de Gráfica Popular (or the People’s Print Workshop) was established in 1937 in Mexico City by artists Raúl Anguiano (1915–2006), Luis Arenal (1908–1985), Leopoldo Méndez (1902–1969), and Pablo O’Higgins (1904–1983) and was open to applicants from all social classes and backgrounds. Elizabeth Catlett and Charles White, two U.S.-based artists featured in this exhibition, made use of the workshop in the 1940s. The stated purpose of the workshop was to disseminate affordable prints with messages of political empowerment by giving artists the tools to create graphic images. These images have been used to educate the rural working class about the political and cultural gains of the Mexican Revolution, the power of solidarity across causes, and rallying antiimperialist, anti-fascist, and prolabor sentiment, among many other issues.

PORTFOLIO/SERIES From the series, "Estampas de la Revolucion Mexicana"

PUBLISHER Taller de Gráfica Popular, founded Mexico City, 1937

ARTIST Francisco Mora, Mexican, 1922-2002

MEDIUM Relief print on paper

DATES 1947

DIMENSIONS sheet: 15 13/16 x 10 11/16 in. (40.2 x 27.1 cm) image: 11 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (29.8 x 21.6 cm) (show scale)

INSCRIPTIONS Inscribed lower left with title of the print and "1"

COLLECTIONS Contemporary Art

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

EXHIBITIONS

Half the Picture: A Feminist Look at the Collection

ACCESSION NUMBER 1996.152.1

EDITION Edition: 27/500

CREDIT LINE Emily Winthrop Miles Fund

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CAPTION Taller de Gráfica Popular (founded Mexico City, 1937). Los Indigenas De Mexico Son Despojados De Sus Tierras, 1947. Relief print on paper, sheet: 15 13/16 x 10 11/16 in. (40.2 x 27.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Emily Winthrop Miles Fund, 1996.152.1. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1996.152.1_PS11.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 1996.152.1_PS11.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2021

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