450 Anos De Lucha Homenaje Al Pueblo Mexicano (450 Years of Struggle: A Tribute to the Mexican People)
Mexico City: Taller de Grafica Popular, 1960. First edition. Loose leaf. Folio. [10]pp. index, 144 loose plates in color-illustrated portfolio.
A magnificent portfolio with 146 plates, incl. portfolio and index covers, printed to blue, rose, white, and yellow paper by artists of the Taller de Grafica Popular: Jesús Alvarez Amaya, Luis Arenal, Elena Huerta, Antonio Pujol, Ignacio Aguirre, Angel Bracho, Antonio Morales, Francisco Mora, Isidoro Ocampo, Adolfo Quinteros, Héctor Ventura, Everardo Ramirez, Pablo O'Higgins, Alfredo Zalce, Javier Iniguez, Celia Calderon, Elizabeth Catlett de Mora, Maria Luisa Martin, Sarah Jimenez, Jesús Escobedo, among others commemorating the 150th anniversary of the War of Independence and the 50th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution.
The images, originally rendered as engravings, woodcuts or linocuts, are printed in b/w lithography with ten color plates printed in high quality offset reproductions. Portfolio and the index covers are rendered in color lithography. Includes 65 graphics of the portfolio "Estampas de la Revolucion Mexicana" published in in the year 1947. Eighty-two of the graphics were produced in 1960. Includes a 10 page index with prologue. This work is one of the finest in 20th century Mexican graphic arts. Text in Spanish. Portfolio with very light wear along edges, prints and index in fine condition. Very good+ to fine condition. Item #56119
Price: $1,950.00