TitleMexican Woman
Artist
Anton Refregier
(American, 1905 - 1977)
Daten.d.
MediumOil on Masonite
DimensionsUnframed: 38 × 24 in.
Framed: 43 × 29 × 1 1/2 in.
SignedSigned upper right: "A Refregier"
SubmissionNA diploma presentation, October 4, 1976
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number1794-P
Label TextA vocal political activist and champion of social causes, Anton Refregier participated in the Works Progress Administration during the 1930s. In the early 1970s he made numerous trips to Mexico. Enchanted with the residents there, he wrote, "I am aware of the dignity and of the beauty of these wonderful people and this to me is a challenge. And this I am striving to paint."
1953 (card says 1952)
1955
n.d.
