id: 161612 accession number: 2000.183.b share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2000.183.b updated: 2022-01-04 17:29:00.363000 Untitled, 1940s. Alberto Beltrán (Mexican, 1923-2002), La Stampa Mexicana. Linoleum cut; sheet: 16.8 x 28.3 cm (6 5/8 x 11 1/8 in.); image: 12.6 x 16.8 cm (4 15/16 x 6 5/8 in.); overall: 18.5 x 34 cm (7 5/16 x 13 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Elizabeth Snodgrass in memory of James Snodgrass 2000.183.b title: Untitled title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1940s creation date earliest: 1940 creation date latest: 1949 current location: creditline: Gift of Elizabeth Snodgrass in memory of James Snodgrass copyright: --- culture: Mexico, 20th century technique: linoleum cut department: Prints collection: PR - Linocut type: Bound Volume find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Alberto Beltrán (Mexican, 1923-2002) - artist * La Stampa Mexicana - published by --- measurements: Sheet: 16.8 x 28.3 cm (6 5/8 x 11 1/8 in.); Image: 12.6 x 16.8 cm (4 15/16 x 6 5/8 in.); Overall: 18.5 x 34 cm (7 5/16 x 13 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: total edition 1800, the first 600 are numbered No. 1-600 support materials: description: gray Corsican paper watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: signed in graphite, below image, lower right: beltrán translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: The TGP's book included original prints by artists associated with the shop. digital description: This book commemorates the 12th anniversary of the Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP), an artist-run printshop in Mexico City that aimed to make affordable prints and to address social and political issues through art. The TGP invited an international range of artists to work in its space, including Swiss artist Hannes Meyer (1889–1954). A former director of the Bauhaus, an experimental art school in Germany, Meyer fled Europe during World War II. While in Mexico, Meyer edited this book, which describes the TGP’s various projects. wall description: This book commemorates the 12th anniversary of the Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP), an artist-run printshop in Mexico City that aimed to make affordable prints and to address social and political issues through art. The TGP invited an international range of artists to work in its space, including Swiss artist Hannes Meyer (1889–1954). A former director of the Bauhaus, an experimental art school in Germany, Meyer fled Europe during World War II. While in Mexico, Meyer edited this book, which describes the TGP’s various projects. In this spread, close-up views highlight the innovative ways that artists used lithography and woodcut techniques at the shop. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES