id: 161741 accession number: 2000.94 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2000.94 updated: 2023-03-15 15:46:40.969000 Mexican Art: A Portfolio of People and Places: Silver Mine Worker, 1946. Francisco Mora (Mexican, 1922–2002), Taller de Gráfica Popular (Mexican, 1937-). Lithograph; sheet: 44.6 x 38.5 cm (17 9/16 x 15 3/16 in.); image: 35 x 28.3 cm (13 3/4 x 11 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from funds of various donors to the Department of Prints and Drawings 2000.94 © Catlett Mora Family Trust / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY title: Silver Mine Worker title in original language: series: Mexican Art: A Portfolio of People and Places series in original language: creation date: 1946 creation date earliest: 1946 creation date latest: 1946 current location: creditline: Gift from funds of various donors to the Department of Prints and Drawings copyright: © Catlett Mora Family Trust / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY --- culture: Mexico, 20th century technique: lithograph department: Prints collection: PR - Lithograph type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Francisco Mora (Mexican, 1922–2002) - artist * Taller de Gráfica Popular (Mexican, 1937-) - publisher Mexican printmaking workshop, established 1937 --- measurements: Sheet: 44.6 x 38.5 cm (17 9/16 x 15 3/16 in.); Image: 35 x 28.3 cm (13 3/4 x 11 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: edition of 300 support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed below image in graphite: - MORA- 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 (Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH) date: ?-2000 footnotes: citations: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2000- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: This print was part of a portfolio of lithographs by artists associated with the Taller de Gráfica Popular, a politically oriented print shop in Mexico City, meant to present their prints to American audiences. digital description: Francisco Mora frequently depicted Mexican miners, like the one seen here, emphasizing the difficult conditions of their labor. In this print, the backlit figure’s crouched position, narrow eyes, and hollow chest emphasize his exhaustion. The dramatic lighting around the man likewise suggests that his work has created a sense of separation between him and the rest of society. Mora saw printmaking as a way to share social issues, such as the plight of the working poor, with a broader audience and to initiate political change. wall description: Francisco Mora frequently depicted Mexican miners, like the one seen here, emphasizing the difficult conditions of their labor. In this print, the backlit figure’s crouched position, narrow eyes, and hollow chest emphasize his exhaustion. The dramatic lighting around the man likewise suggests that his work has created a sense of separation between him and the rest of society. Mora saw printmaking as a way to share social issues, such as the plight of the working poor, with a broader audience and to initiate political change. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES