Pablo O'higgens, Untitled (fishermen)




CONTEMPORARY-Modernism

Price: 

$2,000

Sale Price: 

$1,500
Specifications
Designer/Artist
Designer VerificationSigned
Country of origin
Mexico
Material and techniquesLithograph on cream colored paper
Condition
Excellent condition, archivally matted and framed.
Reference
MPD-002324
Measures (Inches)
- Height: 29 - Width: 20 1/2
Description

Pablo Estaban O'Higgins, "Untitled" (Fishermen), 22 x 14 in. image, 29 x 20 1/2 in. sheet, excellent condition, archivally matted and frame. , Born Paul Higgins Stevenson--1904 to 1983 was an American-Mexican artist, muralist and illustrator. He entered the Academy of Arts in San Diego and within two years he'd become a student of Diego Rivera, assisting Rivera on his murals. Like Rivera, O'Higgins became an active member of the Mexican Communist Party. He immigrated to Mexico permanently in 1924. His political illustrations for the Daily Worker won him a years's study at the Academy of Art in Moscow on a Soviet Scholarship in 1933. In 1937 O' Higgins was the founder, with fellow artists Leopoldo Mendez and Luis Arenal, of the Taller de Grafica Popular. In May 1940 he had the honor of being the only non-native Mexican artist with work included in the seminal "Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art" exhibit organized by the Museum of Modern Art. In 1961 O'Higgins was awarded honorary Mexican citizenship for "his contributions to the national arts and education." The print is in excellent condition. There is no fading or discoloration of the print. The background is a uniform cream color with black ink.