Sleeping Waifs

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Sleeping Waifs

1939

Francisco Dosamantes (Mexican, 1911–1986) Published by Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City

Artists working at the Taller de Gráfica Popular used their prints to call attention to the widespread poverty in Mexico and the need for remedial reforms. The bleak imagery in this lithograph was intended to convey the desperate plight of the homeless, the disabled, and the sick at heart to a sympathetic audience of collectors and critics at home and abroad.

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Object Details

Titles:

Sleeping Waifs

Date:

1939

Artists:

Francisco Dosamantes (Mexican, 1911–1986) Published by Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City

Medium:

Lithograph

Dimensions:

Image: 21 15/16 x 17 1/4 inches (55.8 x 43.8 cm) Sheet: 24 13/16 x 19 5/8 inches (63 x 49.8 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Gift of Henry Clifford, 1946

Accession Number:

1946-28-3

Geography:

Made in Mexico, North and Central America

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