Worker

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Worker

1951

John Wilson (American, 1922–2015) Printed at Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City

John Woodrow Wilson was one of a number of African Americans who found a welcoming community of artists and an atmosphere of acceptance in Mexico in the 1940s and 1950s, a time when segregation laws were still strictly enforced in many parts of the United States.

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Object Details

Titles:

Worker

Date:

1951

Artists:

John Wilson (American, 1922–2015) Printed at Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City

Medium:

Lithograph

Dimensions:

Image: 18 9/16 x 12 1/2 inches (47.2 x 31.8 cm) Sheet: 22 7/8 x 17 5/8 inches (58.1 x 44.8 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Lola Downin Peck Fund and the Carl and Laura Zigrosser Collection (by exchange), 1998

Accession Number:

1998-64-1

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