id: 131345 accession number: 1954.13.5 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.13.5 updated: 2023-08-23 21:08:59.872000 Functional Architecture: Shadows, No. 2, c. 1950. Francisco Dosamantes (Mexican, 1911–1986), printed by José Sanchez (Mexican, active 20th century), published by Taller de Gráfica Popular (Mexican, 1937-). Lithograph; 29.7 x 15 cm (11 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Francisco Dosamantes 1954.13.5 © Francisco Dosamantes title: Shadows, No. 2 title in original language: series: Functional Architecture series in original language: creation date: c. 1950 creation date earliest: 1945 creation date latest: 1955 current location: creditline: Gift of Francisco Dosamantes copyright: © Francisco Dosamantes --- culture: Mexico, 20th century technique: lithograph department: Prints collection: PR - Lithograph type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Francisco Dosamantes (Mexican, 1911–1986) - artist * José Sanchez (Mexican, active 20th century) - printer * Taller de Gráfica Popular (Mexican, 1937-) - publisher Mexican printmaking workshop, established 1937 --- measurements: 29.7 x 15 cm (11 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: edition of 55 support materials: inscriptions: inscription: signed and inscribed in pencil: 29/55 F. Dosamantes translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America opening date: 2020-03-14T04:00:00 A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 14-August 2, 2020). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Francisco Dosamantes [1911-1986], given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: about 1950-1954 footnotes: citations: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1954- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Francisco Dosamantes offered the portfolio to which this print belongs as a gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art shortly after it was published in acknowledgement of the museum's growing collection of Mexican art. digital description: These prints belong to a series in which Francisco Dosamantes juxtaposed Mexico’s rural, indigenous culture with its rapidly industrializing cities. Both artworks depict stark white silhouettes of working-class men against abandoned farmland, suggesting that such figures were being gradually phased out of modern society. Dosamantes intended the series as a political statement on the loss of Mexico’s native culture, as collectivity gave way to urban alienation. wall description: These prints belong to a series in which Francisco Dosamantes juxtaposed Mexico’s rural, indigenous culture with its rapidly industrializing cities. Both artworks depict stark white silhouettes of working-class men against abandoned farmland, suggesting that such figures were being gradually phased out of modern society. Dosamantes intended the series as a political statement on the loss of Mexico’s native culture, as collectivity gave way to urban alienation. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES