Mexico and Modern Printmaking: A Revolution in the Graphic Arts, 1920 to 1950

Ittman, John (and) Innis Shoemaker (and) James Wechsler (and) Lyle Williams

ISBN 10: 0300120044 / ISBN 13: 9780300120042

Published by Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 2006

About this Item

A bright red fabric hardcover with the title debossed in black lettering down the spine. There is an illustrated dust jacket, with the title printed in red and in orange across the front cover, as well as in red and in orange down the black spine. The headband is black. The front and back free and pasted end pages are a nice pumpkin color. 8, ix-xi, (2), 2-289, (1). Profusely illustrated with full-color and true-tone images. "Along with 300 illustrated prints, this text includes essays that investigate the dynamic cultural exchange between Mexico and other countries. It analyses the work of Mexican artists such as Emilio Amero and Jesus Escobedo and international artists such as Elizabeth Catlett and Jean Charlot." Contents are as follows: Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Evolution of a revolution : a brief history of printmaking in Mexico /; Lyle W. Williams --; Crossing borders : the Weyhe Gallery and the vogue for Mexican art in the United States, 1926-40 /; Innis Howe Shoemaker --; Propaganda gráfica : printmaking and the radical left in Mexico, 1920-50 /; James M. Wechsler --; Catalogue --; Dr. Atl (Geraldo Murillo) /; John Ittmann --; Open air schools and early print workshops /; John Ittmann --; Rufino Tamayo /; John Ittmann --; Gringos : foreign artists in Mexico in the 1920s and 1930s /; John Ittmann --; José Clemente Orozco /; John Ittmann --; Diego Rivera /; John Ittmann --; David Alfaro Siqueiros /; John Ittmann --; Surrealism in Mexico /; James M. Wechsler --; Leopoldo Méndez /; James M. Wechsler --; Mexicanidad /; James M. Wechsler --; Alfredo Zalce /; Lyle W. Williams --; Francisco Dosamantes /; Lyle W. Williams --; Isidoro Ocampo /; James M. Wechsler --; Jesús Escobedo /; Lyle W. Williams --; Taller de gráfica popular : the life and drama of Mexico /; James M. Wechsler --; Framing the revolution /; James M. Wechsler --; Checklist of prints --; Notes --; Index of names. VG+/VG+: The book has clean pages and tight binding. The dust jacket has no visable tears or marks. Looks like the book was rarely, if ever, taken from the shelf.

Seller Inventory # 202163

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mexico and Modern Printmaking: A Revolution in the Graphic Arts, 1920 to 1950
• Publisher: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300120044
• ISBN 13: 9780300120042
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • American Art
  • General Art - American

About this title

Synopsis

Mexico witnessed an exciting revival of printmaking alongside its better-known public mural program in the decades after the 1910–20 revolution. Major artists such as José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Rufino Tamayo produced numbers of prints that furthered the social and political reforms of the revolution and helped develop a uniquely Mexican cultural identity. This groundbreaking book is the first to undertake an in-depth examination of these prints, the vital contributions Mexico’s printmakers made to modern art, and their influence on coming generations of foreign artists.
Along with a thorough discussion of the printmaking practices of Orozco, Rivera, Siqueiros, Tamayo, and others, the book features some 300 handsomely illustrated prints––many previously unpublished. Essays by distinguished scholars investigate the dynamic cultural exchange between Mexico and other countries at this time. They analyze the work of such Mexican artists as Emilio Amero and Jesús Escobedo, who traveled abroad, and such international artists as Elizabeth Catlett and Jean Charlot, who came to Mexico. They also discuss the important roles of the Taller de Gráfica Popular, a flourishing print workshop founded in Mexico City in 1937, and the Weyhe Gallery in New York, which published and distributed prints by many of these artists during the 1920s and 1930s. Together, the prints and essays tell the fascinating history of Mexico’s graphic-arts movement in the first half of the 20th century.

Published in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the McNay Art Museum, San Antonio

Exhibition Schedule:

Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville (February 1 – April 15, 2007)

Philadelphia Museum of Art (October 21, 2006 – January 14, 2007)

Phoenix Art Museum (June 29 – September 16, 2007)

McNay Art Museum, San Antonio (October 3, 2007 – January 6, 2008)

About the Author

John Ittmann is Curator of Prints, and Innis Howe Shoemaker is the Audrey and William H. Helfand Senior Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, both at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. James M. Wechsler is an independent scholar based in New York. Lyle W. Williams is Curator of Prints and Drawings at the McNay Art Museum, San Antonio.