The Arts (Las Artes): a printing press, a sculptor, a hand holding brushes

Xavier González Iñiguez Mexican
 Publisher Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City Mexican

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 690

Different arts are celebrated through this print. In the foreground, a hand adds the final touches to a portrait carved on linoleum. At right, a man operates a printing press. On the other side, a hand clutches paint brushes, and at the top, a sculptor creates the figure of a man. González Iñiguez was a painter, sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker who, in 1956, joined the Taller de Gráfica Popular in Mexico City. His dedication to printmaking is probably the reason why this practice dominates the image.

The Arts (Las Artes): a printing press, a sculptor, a hand holding brushes, Xavier González Iñiguez (Mexican, 1932–1979), Linocut

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