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MARGARET BURROUGHS (1917 - 2010) Popocatépetl.
Color linoleum cut on heavy cream wove paper, 1952. 206x295 mm; 8 1/8x11 5/8 inches, full margins. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 1/5 in ballpoint pen, lower margin.
This scarce, early linocut marks the beginning of Burroughs's long association with the medium. The advent of McCarthyism and the Red Scare forced Burroughs to take an extended leave of absence from teaching in Chicago in 1952. She decided to visit her close friend Elizabeth Catlett in Mexico City, and stayed for a year. She studied at the Esmerelda School of Art and the Taller de Gráfica Popular, where, under the instruction of Leopoldo Méndez, she developed her skills in printmaking. Popocatéptl is an active volcano located in central Mexico.
