Millard Sheets

Mexican Travelers, Modern Lithograph by Millard Sheets

circa 1977

Biagio Civale, Italian/American (1936 - ) - Mexican Scene, Medium: Screenprint, Signed and Numbered in Pencil, Edition: 6/100, Size: 24 x 19.5 in. (60.96 x 49.53 cm)

Old Village by Millard Owen Sheets, American (1907–1989) Circa 1977 Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 250, AP Image Size: 19.5 x 21.5 inches Size: 23.5 x...

Mexico #6 by Marshall Goodman, American (1916 - 2003) Date: 1947 Medium: Lithograph, Signed in Pencil Size: 20 in. x 25.5 in. (50.8 cm x 64.77 cm)

Artist: Francisco Zuniga, Mexican (1912 - 1998) Title: Yucatecas en la Parque Year: 1986 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 Size: 21 in. x 30 in. (5...

This listing is for the one Silkscreen serigraph piece listed here. Mexico City, 1945. First edition. plate signed, limited edition of 1000, these serigraph plates depict various types of traditional and folk art indigenous clothing...

Francisco Dosamantes (1911-1986) Mayan Trio Lithograph, 1950 Signed in pencil lower right (see photo) Edition 250 for Associated American Artists Printer: George Miller & Son, New York Publsihed 1950 Reference: AAA Cat.: 1950‑05; 1958‑01 AAA Index 1087 Condition: Excellent Image size: 13 x 9 1/2 inches An elegantly constructed lithograph. Their dark shawls, pale dresses, and carefully arranged hair establish a rhythm of repeating curves and angular folds. The raised arm of the woman at left introduces movement, while the overlapping figures give the composition a compact, almost sculptural presence. Dosamantes contrasts the rich blacks of the hair and textiles with softly modeled skin and a loosely worked background, exploiting lithographic crayon’s capacity for both velvety density and delicate grain. The women’s faces remain largely concealed, directing attention toward gesture, dress, and the relationships between their forms. An ordinary moment becomes a quietly monumental image. The subject belongs to Dosamantes’s sustained engagement with rural and Indigenous Mexican life, informed by his work as an educator and his association with Campeche in the Yucatán peninsula. A museum exhibition biography records his participation in rural cultural missions and his directorship of a painting school in Campeche. Publication by Associated American Artists brought this Mexican subject to an American collecting audience. The Whitney’s record identifies George C. Miller & Son as the printer of its impression and confirms the AAA edition of 250 Francisco Dosamantes (b. October 4, 1911 - d. July 18.1986) was a Mexican artist and educator who is best known for is educational illustrations and graphic work against fascism. He was a founding member of the Taller de Gráfica Popular and the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana. Life Francisco Dosamantes was born in Mexico City on October 4, 1911. His father was Daniel Dosamantes who was a builder, interior decorator and painter. He was not registered into the civil registry until he was about twenty years old on March 6, 1939. His mother’s name is not listed on the certificate. As a child, he demonstrated a strong interest in drawing and color, influenced by his father and his uncle Juan. The Mexican Revolution occurred while he was a young child and he stated that he remembered events such as soldiers on horses charging as well as the execution of rural farm workers. He attended primary and high school in Mexico City but stated that his education was irregular and deficient. He then entered the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas, where he studied for five years. Initially, however, he was disappointed with the inexperience of the young professors and he left for a short time to study on his own. During this time, some of the dissatisfied professors organized the 30 30 group against the academic system of the school and which whom he sympathized. The effort gained the attention of established artists such as Diego Rivera who intervened. He died on Mexico City on July 18, 1986 Career After he graduated, he worked with the cultural missions of the Secretaría de Educación Pública in Oaxaca, Michoacán, Guerrero, Colima, Coahuila and Chihuahua (state) from 1932 to 1937 then again from 1941 to 1945. He stated that this experience was vital to his conscience as he worked with rural farm workers and others he stated were worthy of dignity and respect, but victims of deceit and exploitation. When he returned to Mexico City, he gave classes in high schools from 1937 to 1941. In 1945 he founded and directed the Taller Escuela de Dibujo y Pintura “Joaquín Claussell” in Campeche, Campeche. Dosamantes was a politically and culturally active artist with most of his work and affiliations related to such. He was a member of the Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios from 1934 to 1938. He was a founding member of the Taller de Gráfica Popular, serving as administrator in 1940 and remaining a member until his death except for one short hiatus. He created posters for conferences about fascism and Nazism such as Alemania bajo bayonetas (Germany under bayonets) in 1938. In 1940 he became the secretary general of the Sindicato de Maestros de Artes Plásticas. He was also a member of the Sociedad para el Impulso de las Artes Plásticas en 1948, a founding member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana in 1949 and a member of the Frente Nacional de Artes Plásticas from 1952. He painted a number of murals in rural areas of Mexico generally when he was there on cultural missions. His main mural is at the former home of José María Morelos in Carácuaro, Michoacán, but there are a number at various rural schools. These were all painted between 1941 and 1946. As a book illustrator he mostly worked for the Secretaría de Educación Pública working on books for literacy campaigns. He exhibited his works, which included engravings, oils, tempuras and lithographs in Mexico and abroad. His first individual exhibition was in 1930 at the Galeria de Arte Moderno in Mexico City. His major exhibitions include the Excelsior Gallery in Mexico City in 1932, various exhibitions in New York, Washington, Philadelphia and Los Angeles in 1937; the Nelson Gallery of Art in Kansas City, Missouri in late 1947, and the Gallery of Mexican Art in...

This piece is an original lithograph done by Francisco Zúñiga in 1986. Francisco Zúñiga was a Costa Rican-born Mexican artist best known for his stylized figurative paintings and scu...

Hand signed by Artist. Lithograph on paper. Published by Associated American Artists. Image size 12.25 x 9.25 inches Custom framed as pictured. Edition of 250. Artwork is in excel...