Air, Earth, Fire, Water
1994 · Color lithograph on white wove paper
89 × 122.2 cm (35 1/16 × 48 1/8 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Luis Jimenez
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PrintmakingSocial Realism
Representation
None documented
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Institutional Exhibitions
13
Works in Collection
18
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
1989
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
1988
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Luis Jimenez was an American sculptor and painter working in fiberglass and bronze to create monumental public works centered on Chicano labor, migration, and identity in the American Southwest. His figural compositions depicted working-class subjects with formal intensity, bringing Chicano experience into civic space during the postwar period. His practice established a visual language rooted in the materiality of industrial materials and the dignity of everyday figures.
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Museum of Modern Art
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