Flight into Egypt
1952 · Lithograph in reddish-brown on cream wove paper
36 × 26 cm (14 3/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Jean Charlot
1898
PrintmakingStreet Art
Representation
None documented
21
Institutional Exhibitions
126
Works in Collection
245
Assets Indexed
3
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Artists and Writers
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1978
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Mexican Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1978
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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1954–1955
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American Prints of the 20th Century
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1954
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Master Prints from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1949
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Jean Charlot was an American painter and printmaker known for murals and works on paper that synthesized modernist abstraction with figurative narratives rooted in Mexican and pre-Columbian imagery. Born in Paris in 1898 and active primarily in Mexico and the United States, he developed a distinctive approach to fresco and lithography that combined bold linear forms with layered symbolic content. His practice bridged the Mexican muralist tradition and European modernism, establishing him as a significant cross-cultural figure in twentieth-century visual culture.
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Art Institute of Chicago
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