'Work and Rest' a Mexican woman carrying a child on her back while preparing tortilla

Jean Charlot|Kistler (Lynton R. and/or Will A.)

1956 · Colour lithograph on zinc · Drawings and Prints

Charlot maintained connections with curators at The Met long after he moved to Hawaii in 1949. This print is one of a group of lithographs he gave to the Museum in 1960. It returns to one of his favorite subjects, scenes from daily life that he began developing in Mexico in the 1920s. Here, an Indigenous Mexican woman prepares tortilla while her child rests. Charlot siguió manteniendo relaciones con los conservadores del Met mucho después de trasladarse a Hawái en 1949. Esta estampa pertenece a un grupo de litografías que donó al Museo en 1960. Retoma uno de sus temas favoritos —las escenas de la vida cotidiana—, que empezó a desarrollar en México en la década de 1920. En esta obra, una mujer mexicana indígena prepara una tortilla mientras su hijo descansa.

Artist

Jean Charlot|Kistler (Lynton R. and/or Will A.)

Date

1956

Medium

Colour lithograph on zinc

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Jean Charlot, 1960