- Artist or Maker
- Jean Charlot
France, active Mexico, New York, and Hawaii, 1898-1979 - Title
- Gossip (Mestizas and Hammock)
- Date Made
- 1937
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
- Accession Number
- AC1997.LWN.3436
- Collecting Area
- Latin American Art
- Curatorial Notes
Jean Charlot was born in Paris and in 1921 moved to Mexico, where he worked alongside Diego Rivera (1886-1957) and become highly influential in the development of muralism. In 1929, Charlot moved to New York, and he remained there until settling in Hawaii in 1949. However, much of his work continued to be devoted to Mexican subjects, reflecting the enormous vogue for things Mexican in the United States.
Ilona Katzew, 2008
