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Tortilla Maker by Jean Charlot

Tortilla Maker

Jean Charlot · 1937

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DETAILS
Artist
Jean Charlot
Date
1937
Medium
Lithograph on cream wove paper
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
Image: 34.9 × 22.3 cm (13 3/4 × 8 13/16 in.); Sheet: 40.3 × 29 cm (15 7/8 × 11 7/16 in.)
Collection
Prints and Drawings
Culture
United States
Credit line
Gift of Joseph R. Shapiro
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THE ARTIST

Jean Charlot

Jean Charlot, a French-born American artist, was a pivotal figure in the birth of Mexican muralism, creating the first fresco in the movement.

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