Mujer dormida [Sleeping Woman]

Primary Jesús Escobedo (El Oro, Mexico, 1918–Mexico City, Mexico, 1978)

NationalityMexican, North America

Date1940

MediumLithograph

DimensionsSheet: 19 5/8 × 25 7/8 in. (49.8 × 65.8 cm)
Image: 12 5/8 × 16 3/4 in. (32.1 × 42.6 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, 1982.909

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Collection AreaPrints and Drawings

Object number1982.909

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Jesùs Escobedo was a member of the Taller de Gráfica Popular [People’s Graphc Workshop], a socially and politically engaged art collective. Drawn in a bold graphic style, this lithograph, as well as “Cargador,” focus on the human figure depicted at work and at rest. In “Mujer dormida,” Escobedo’s dynamic approach gives the bundled figure a sculptural quality by sharpening the angular shadows and contrasting the blanket’s bright tones against a dark background.