Grinding Sugar Cane from Mexican People

Name/Title

Grinding Sugar Cane from Mexican People

Entry/Object ID

2016.0809.06

Description

Alberto Beltrán, "Grinding Sugar Cane (Cuetzalan, State of Puebla) from Mexican People, 1946, lithograph print of a drawing, print also in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago A man sitting before a simple mule powered sugar grinder, feeding in stalks of cane from a pile beside him, two people harvesting cane behind him genre picture with Mexican workers grinding sugar cane in a large machine driven by horse

Type of Print

Lithograph

Artwork Details

Medium

lithograph

Collection

APSU Permanent Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Alberto Beltrán

Date made

1946

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

lower right

Transcription

Beltrán

Dimensions

Height

11-1/2 in

Width

14 in

Dimension Description

Frame

Height

22-1/4 in

Width

22-3/4 in