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1946

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1953

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Print, Grinding Sugar Cane

This is a Print. It was created by Alberto Beltrán and association: El Taller Graphica Popular and published by Associated American Artists. It is dated 1946 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by William J. Donald. It is credited Gift of William J. Donald.

Its dimensions are

38.5 × 44.8 cm (15 3/16 × 17 5/8 in.) Platemark: 28.5 × 35.2 cm (11 1/4 × 13 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in margin, in graphite, lower right: "Beltran"

Cite this object as

Print, Grinding Sugar Cane; Alberto Beltrán (Mexican, b. 1923); Association: El Taller Graphica Popular (Mexico); Published by Associated American Artists (United States); Mexico; lithograph on paper; 38.5 × 44.8 cm (15 3/16 × 17 5/8 in.) Platemark: 28.5 × 35.2 cm (11 1/4 × 13 7/8 in.); Gift of William J. Donald; 1953-102-100

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