Jun 27, 2013 - Sale 2320

Sale 2320 - Lot 214

Unsold
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
FRANCISCO DOSAMANTES
Yucatan Village.

Pencil on paper. 495x623 mm; 19 1/2x24 1/2 inches. Signed in pencil, lower left recto.

A politically and culturally active artist, Dosamantes is known for his educational illustrations protesting fascism, later becoming a founding member of the Taller de Gráfica Popular and the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana. On his cultural missions he would take a hiatus to illustrate the Mexican landscape around him, as seen in this lt.