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Prision Y Muerte De Los Descontentos En El Norte Del Pais. 1909.
Taller de Gráfica Popular, Ignacio Aguirre
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.
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"
MEDIUM
Relief print on paper
DATES
1947
DIMENSIONS
sheet: 10 11/16 x 15 13/16 in. (27.1 x 40.2 cm)
image: 8 1/2 x 12 in. (21.6 x 30.5 cm) (show scale)
INSCRIPTIONS
Inscribed lower left with title of the print and "17"
COLLECTIONS
Contemporary Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
1996.152.8
CREDIT LINE
Emily Winthrop Miles Fund
PROVENANCE
Prior to 1996, provenance not yet documented; by July 1996, acquired by Jonathan Greenberg Inc., New York, NY; October 17, 1996, purchased from Jonathan Greenberg Inc. by the Brooklyn Museum.
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MUSEUM LOCATION
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CAPTION
Taller de Gráfica Popular (founded Mexico City, 1937). Prision Y Muerte De Los Descontentos En El Norte Del Pais. 1909., 1947. Relief print on paper, sheet: 10 11/16 x 15 13/16 in. (27.1 x 40.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Emily Winthrop Miles Fund, 1996.152.8. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1996.152.8_PS20.jpg)
EDITION
Edition: 27/500
IMAGE
overall, 1996.152.8_PS20.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2023
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