Portfolio of three colour prints

Publisher Talleres Gráficos de la Nación, Mexico, D.F.

1939

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The portfolio contains three aquatints, that are amongst the earliest examples of this technique in Mexico. The set is introduced by a statement by Orozco Romero dated 1940 and an introduction by Francisco Díaz León that explains the difficulties dealing with the medium. This portfolio is number 48 out of 100 published. The prints are now mounted separately.

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Provenance

Title: Portfolio of three colour prints
Artist: Carlos Orozco Romero (Mexican, Guadalajara 1896–1984 Mexico City)
Publisher: Talleres Gráficos de la Nación, Mexico, D.F.
Date: 1939
Dimensions: 15 3/4 × 12 3/8 in. (40 × 31.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Jean Charlot, 1940
Object Number: 40.47.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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A circus; a horse on barrel, a man goading it with a whip, Carlos Orozco Romero Mexican, Lithograph — A circus; a horse on barrel, a man goading it with a whip
Carlos Orozco Romero
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A Maya temple, from the portolio 'Tres aguafuertes en color', Carlos Orozco Romero Mexican, Colour aquatint — A Maya temple, from the portolio 'Tres aguafuertes en color'
Carlos Orozco Romero
1939

Two figures dancing beneath a moon, from the portolio 'Tres aguafuertes en color', Carlos Orozco Romero Mexican, Colour aquatint — Two figures dancing beneath a moon, from the portolio 'Tres aguafuertes en color'
Carlos Orozco Romero
1939

Poster linking the anniversary of the Mexican Revolution with the fight against alcoholism pointing out the dangers of the vice and its effects on children, image of a protest; people marching, one holding a banner that reads 'Death to Alcoholism'

Carlos Orozco Romero

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