By: Alfredo Zalce

Medium: lithograph
Year: 1946
Image Size: 15.1" H x 17.6" W
Signature: Pencil, lower Right
Paper: Cream wove
Publisher: Taller de Grafica Popular

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Titled "Henequen Plant, Yucatán", this print by Alfredo Zalce depicts workers engaged in the processing of henequen, an agave plant native to southern Mexico whose fibers are used for making rope and twine. The scene captures the industrial and communal aspects of henequen production in the Yucatán region, emphasizing both the labor and the architectural environment of the plant.

Alfredo Zalce (1908–2003) was a distinguished Mexican artist celebrated for his work as a muralist, painter, and printmaker, and was a contemporary of Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Zalce played a pivotal role in the development of modern Mexican art, co-founding the influential Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP).