Untitled (Manhattan Bridge, NY)
Lithograph, 1946, edition unknown. 10 x 10 3/4 in. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. the condition is fine. (There are printer's fingerprint ink smudges in the extreme edges of the sheet in three spots.) Escobedo was a founding member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana and he was also a member of Taller de Gráfica Popular. In 1945 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship to create a series of eight lithographs of New York. The Manhattan Bridge crosses the East River connecting lower Manhattan with downtown Brooklyn.
$1,300

Untitled (NY Subway)
Lithograph, 1946, edition unknown. 8 3/4 x 12 in. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from minor staining in the outer margins in two areas. Escobedo was a founding member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana and he was also a member of Taller de Gráfica Popular. In 1945 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship to create a series of eight lithographs of New York. Escobedos's work is discussed in Mexico and Modern Printmakers, A Revolution in the Graphic Arts, edited by John Ittmann (2007), pages 204-207, published by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
$1,300