8 aguafuertes a color (8 Color Etchings)

1947

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A portfolio of 8 colour etchings by Zalce housed in a cloth board cover with title on front. An index of titles is printed on the inside cover of the folio that has a handwritten dedication from Zalce to Herbert Weinstock, dated January 10, 1948. This is folio number 74 of an edition of 125. Portfolio contains a Prologue by Carlos Alvardo Lang dated November 1947. Alvardo Lang was an artist and teacher. He was appointed professor of printmaking at the Academia de San Carlos in 1930 and from 1942–49 Director of the same institution.

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Title: 8 aguafuertes a color (8 Color Etchings)
Artist: Alfredo Zalce (Mexican, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán 1908–2003 Morelia)
Date: 1947
Medium: Color etching
Dimensions: Cover: 12 3/8 × 15 3/8 in. (31.5 × 39 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Richard and JoAnn Edinburg Pinkowitz, 2024
Object Number: 2024.69.88.1–.8
Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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