Jean Charlot: Catalogue of Prints
Catalogue
- Year
- 1936
- Dimensions
- Page (each): 10 1/16 × 6 11/16" (25.5 × 17 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Jean Charlot
Artist

Printmaking
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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More by Jean Charlot
Flight into Egypt
1952 · Lithograph in reddish-brown on cream wove paper
Preparing for the Dance, from Mexican Mother
1947 · Color lithograph on paper
Sunday Shoes, from Mexican Mother
1947 · Color lithograph on paper
Rest and Work, from Mexican Mother
1947 · Color lithograph on paper
Mexican Kitchen, from Mexican Mother
1947 · Color lithograph on paper
First Steps, from Mexican Mother
1947 · Color lithograph on cream wove paper
Record
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- Jean Charlot
- Year
- 1936
- Dimensions
- Page (each): 10 1/16 × 6 11/16" (25.5 × 17 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1936-M015317
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Status
- verified





