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Mine Workers in Pachuca (from: Mexican Art - A Portfolio of Mexican People and Places) by Francisco Mora

Mine Workers in Pachuca (from: Mexican Art - A Portfolio of Mexican People and Places) by Francisco Mora

Mine Workers in Pachuca (from: Mexican Art - A Portfolio of Mexican People and Places)

Francisco Mora

Title

Mine Workers in Pachuca (from: Mexican Art - A Portfolio of Mexican People and Places)

 
Artist

Francisco Mora

  1922 - 2002
Year
1946  
Technique
lithograph 
Image Size
13 3/4 x 11 3/16" image 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
about 250 
Annotations
pencil dated 
Reference
Prignitz 615 
Paper
heavy cream wove 
State
published 
Publisher
Taller de Graphica Popular and AAA, New York 
Inventory ID
19381 
Price
SOLD
Description
From the portfolio "Mexican Art - A Portfolio of Mexican People and Places" a portfolio of 12 lithographs, 10 black and white, 2 color by the Taller de Graphica Popular, Mexico, D.F. depicting workers in various geographical Mexican states. This image shows a mine worker in the city of Pachuca in the state of Hidalgo. It is claimed that Alonso Rodriguez de Salgado found the first mineral deposits on his ranch on the outskirts of Pachuca. This changed the area's economical development from agriculture to silver mining.