Jean Charlot

El Volador
1949

A black and white lithograph depicting a stylized, armored figure with a rocket pack on its back, soaring upwards through a tunnel-like structure with dynamic lines suggesting motion. The figure's pose is heroic, with one arm extended forward. Two small birds are also illustrated, flying alongside the figure. The artwork has a signature at the bottom right corner.
A black and white lithograph depicting a stylized, armored figure with a rocket pack on its back, soaring upwards through a tunnel-like structure with dynamic lines suggesting motion. The figure's pose is heroic, with one arm extended forward. Two small birds are also illustrated, flying alongside the figure. The artwork has a signature at the bottom right corner.

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Date
1949

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 16 7/8 × 13 1/16in. (42.9 × 33.2 cm) Image: 14 × 9 15/16in. (35.6 × 25.2 cm)

Accession number
2004.728

Edition
Ed. 250

Publication
Printed by Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center; published by Associated American Artists

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Neifeld-Russak Families

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

API
artworks/19988

Jean Charlot
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