TUCSON

ARIZONA

"Mujer de Tasco" 1944, Lithograph.

Edition: assumed 125-250. Signed in pencil, Arenal, lower right; titled, Mujer de Tasco, lower left margin.

Image: 9 x 11 inches (228 x 279 mm). Sheet: 12 3/4 x 17 1/4 inches (323 x 438 mm).

Excellent condition. Good margins, as issued. A fine impression on cream wove paper, printed  by Associated American Artists. A former "print collector" has rubber stamped his name on the back of the sheet - small and does not effect the image. Tape remnants along the upper left and right sheet but well away from the image. One small speck of foxing in the upper left. Considered by many to be one of Arenal's finest images. This print, by one of the founders of TGP (Taller de Grafica Popular), has become nearly iconic in the Mexican print world. The title can vary from Mujer de Taxco, Woman of Taxco, Taxco Woman, Woman's Head, Indian Head, etc., however, Mujer de Tasco is correct. The print was distributed by Associated American Artists, which is why I assume that the edition size was between 125 and 250. I have seen the print listed as being part of an edition of 30, however I tend to not believe that figure.

The Associated American Artists certificate that accompanied this print (not part of this transaction), stated of Arenal and this print:

Briefly concerning the artist -- Brilliant young lithographer and painter, Luis Arenal is one of the outstanding artists of the Taller de Grafica Popular in Mexico City. In their interesting workrooms Arenal has created fascinating lithographs to recall the types of Indian civilization found in the villages of the interior of Mexico. Arenal, a brother-in-law of the great artist David Siqueiros, is drawn by the strength, stolidity and passive resignation of the women of the province of Taxco, and here he portrays one whom he calls "a symbol of my country and its inner strength.

$1450.00

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