Sergio Sánchez Santamaría Art Prints collection, 2016 and undated

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Summary

Creator:
Sánchez Santamaría, Sergio, 1976-
Abstract:
Sergio Sánchez Santamaría was born in Tlayacapan, Morelos, Mexico, in 1976. A muralist, illustrator, and printmaker, Sánchez Santamaría is the heir of the Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP) print collective. Collection includes 37 works of art created by Sergio Sánchez Santamaría, including 16 linocuts, 4 lithographs, 4 etchings, 3 scratch board, 8 ink drawings, 1 digital print, and 1 copper engraving. Themes explored include Mexican traditional topics such as the Mexican Revolution, folktales, indigeneity and myth, urban and rural landscaping, Calaveras (social and political commentary), and the Day of the Dead.
Extent:
3.4 Linear Feet (37 items)
Language:
Materials in Spanish
Collection ID:
RL.11486

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes 37 works of art created by Sergio Sánchez Santamaría, including 16 linocuts, 4 lithographs, 4 etchings, 3 scratch board, 8 ink drawings, 1 digital print, and 1 copper engraving. His work explores Mexican traditional topics such as the Mexican Revolution, folktales, indigeneity and myth, urban and rural landscaping, Calaveras (social and political commentary), and the Day of the Dead.

Biographical / historical:

Sergio Sánchez Santamaría was born in Tlayacapan, Morelos, Mexico, in 1976. A muralist, illustrator, and printmaker, Sánchez Santamaría is the heir of the Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP) print collective. He received his Fine Arts degree from the La Esmeralda National School of Painting, Sculpture, and Engraving in Mexico City. Sánchez Santamaría's print works, in particular his bookplate prints, have been exhibited internationally. His work explores classic mediums of charcoal drawing, woodcut, metal engraving, lithography (on stone and metal plates), and linocut. Sánchez Santamaría is well known for his "ex libris" (bookplates), illustration, and portfolios.

Acquisition information:
The Sergio Sánchez Santamaría Art Prints Collection was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2017.
Processing information:

Processed by Alice Poffinberger, May, 2017

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2017-0052

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Subjects

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Subjects:
Linoleum block-printing, Mexican
Lithography, Mexican
Engraving, Mexican.
Format:
Linocuts (prints)
Lithographs
Etchings (prints)
Scratchboard
Drawings (visual works)
Digital prints
Copper engravings (visual works)
Names:
Sánchez Santamaría, Sergio, 1976-

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