Pablo O'Higgins 1950 AGAWA Quadro Litografia Vinta

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Misure: 37 x 43 cm Quadro antico\vintage completo della sua cornice d'epoca. Pablo O'Higgins's original lithograph, "The Maguey of Topilejo" is printed on a large sheet of smooth, wove paper and with full margins as published in New York in the limited edition of three hundred impressions in 1950. It is signed and dated In the stone by O'Higgins and also signed and titled in pencil along the lower margin. "The Maguey of Topilejo" is a fine, original example of lithographic art created by the American / Mexican artist, Pablo O'Higgins. Title: The Maguey of Topilejo Artist: O'Higgins, Pablo (Salt Lake City, Utah, 1904 - Mexico City, 1983) Date: 1950 Medium: Original Lithograph Edition: Limited edition of three hundred impressions, numbered 50/300. Source: Eight Studies by Mexican Masters of Graphic Arts, New York Note: Pablo O'Higgins: A great twentieth century American/Mexican painter and printmaker, Pablo O'Higgins studied at the school of Fine Arts in San Diego, California. It was not long before he became dissatisfied with the academic techniques employed by their art instructors and decided to move to Mexico where he began his permanent residence in Mexico City in 1924. O'Higgins also spent a year at the Academy of Art in Moscow on a Soviet Scholarship (1933). Once again, unimpressed with the instruction, most of his time was devoted to sketching Soviet workers at the railroad station. O'Higgins first gained a close knowledge of modern Mexican art when he was appointed the primary assistant to the great master, Diego Rivera who became his friend and mentor. O'Higgins worked with Rivera for both his Chapingo and Ministry of Education projects. Due to political differences and O'Higgins' desire to create his own works, he left Rivera's tutelage when the Chapingo murals were completed. One of the lengthiest associations (1934-1960) was his connection with the League of Revolutionary Writers and Artists or LEAR; an anti fascist organization that led to his par