Ajijic + Hilando con Malacate

 

Rafael Greno

  1909 - 1982 (biography)

c. 1955  

woodcut 

7 1/16 x 5 1/8" image size 

pencil signed "Rafael G" in lower right 

not stated 

titled in the block, vertically, upper to lower right 

 

fibrous, ivory Japanese wove 

 

 

21973 

$150.00 

Ajijic is a small town in the state of Jalisco, Mexico, situated about three miles from Lake Chapala. Featuring a temperate climate and a lushly vegetated landscape, it became a magnet for American and Canadian artists and expats in the late 1890s, and remains a tourist and retirement destination today. This image, losely translated as "Spinning with Winch", was created by one such artist, Ohio-born, first generation Italian American Rafael Greno. As with many foreign artists, he depicted a traditional weaver in Ajijic, weaving being one of the central forms of commerce in the region.