![Cargador [Porter]](/internal/media/dispatcher/18445/preview)
Cargador [Porter]
Primary
Jesús Escobedo
(El Oro, Mexico, 1918–Mexico City, Mexico, 1978)
NationalityMexican, North America
Datenot dated
MediumLithograph
Edition Info5/20
DimensionsSheet: 25 1/2 × 19 5/8 in. (64.8 × 49.8 cm)
Image: 10 3/4 × 8 7/8 in. (27.3 × 22.5 cm)
Image: 10 3/4 × 8 7/8 in. (27.3 × 22.5 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of M.K. Hage, Jr., 1970; Transfer from the Harry Ransom Center, 1982.905
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Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1982.905
On View
Not on viewJesùs Escobedo was a member of the Taller de Gráfica Popular [People’s Graphic Workshop], a socially and politically engaged art collective. Drawn in a bold graphic style, this lithograph, as well as “Mujer dormida,” focus on the human figure depicted at work and at rest. The composition of “Cargador,” cropped to make the laborer’s flexed arm the primary focus, emphasizes the potency of physical labor.
Exhibitions
![Mujer dormida [Sleeping Woman]](/internal/media/dispatcher/18449/thumbnail)
![El subterráneo [Subway]](/internal/media/dispatcher/18268/thumbnail)
![La Sombra [The Shadow]](/internal/media/dispatcher/6821/thumbnail)
![El tren elevado [The Elevated Train]](/internal/media/dispatcher/6832/thumbnail)
![Barcos en el puente de Brooklyn [Boats at the Brooklyn Bridge]](/internal/media/dispatcher/18269/thumbnail)
Jesús Escobedo
1946
Object number: 1982.917
![Puerto [Port]](/internal/media/dispatcher/18270/thumbnail)
![Vendedor de leña [Wood Seller]](/internal/media/dispatcher/18452/thumbnail)
![Mujer sentada [Seated Woman]](/internal/media/dispatcher/18447/thumbnail)
![Niños durmiendo [Children Sleeping]](/internal/media/dispatcher/18451/thumbnail)