Raíces (Roots) Artist: Guillermo Monroy (Mexican, born 1924)
Publisher: Taller de Gráfica Popular (Mexico City, founded 1937)

1949

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Some of the prints made at the Taller were simply aesthetic images rather than posters publicizing an event or promoting a cause, and in many cases these images were printed on fairly substantial paper, so the prints could be sold for profit. In this lithograph by Guillermo Monroy, who joined the Taller in 1948, the aerial roots of the chicle tree look like dried bones and thus hark back to the iconic calavera (skeleton) images of José Guadalupe Posada. They further evoke the roots of the indigenous Mexicans, whose culture stretched back centuries before the arrival of the Europeans. Support for indigenous cultures was an important theme for the Taller artists.

Medium

Lithograph

Dimensions

stone: 11 5/8 × 15 9/16 in. (29.5 × 39.5 cm)
sheet: 13 3/4 × 17 in. (34.9 × 43.2 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Monroe E. Price, B.A. 1960, LL.B 1964, and Aimée Brown Price, M.A. 1963, Ph.D. 1972

Accession Number

2010.175.14

Geography

Made in Mexico

Culture

Mexican

Period

20th century

Classification

Prints

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed March 1, 2012), 80
  • Armin Haab, Mexcian graphic art (New York: George Wittenborn Inc., 1957), 116, no. 73
Object copyright
Not Assigned
Additional information

Object/Work type

lithographs

Signed

recto, LR, hardly visible: "G. Monroy"

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