Jean Charlot

Tortilleras
1938

A colorful artwork depicting three figures wearing white traditional outfits with wide-brimmed hats, engaged in the process of making tortillas. Two figures are seated, one is flattening dough while the other is asleep leaning on a wall. The third figure is standing, pressing dough with a tool. The scene is set on a red-tiled floor, and the artwork includes the title "Tortilleras" and signatures at the bottom.
A colorful artwork depicting three figures wearing white traditional outfits with wide-brimmed hats, engaged in the process of making tortillas. Two figures are seated, one is flattening dough while the other is asleep leaning on a wall. The third figure is standing, pressing dough with a tool. The scene is set on a red-tiled floor, and the artwork includes the title "Tortilleras" and signatures at the bottom.

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Date
1938

Classification
Prints

Medium
Offset lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 14 × 10in. (35.6 × 25.4 cm) Image: 12 1/8 × 9 1/16in. (30.8 × 23 cm)

Accession number
96.68.41

Publication
Printed and published by Albert Carman

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund

Rights and reproductions
© The Jean Charlot Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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