Jean Charlot
Arches and Mountains, Cuernavaca1925

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Jean Charlot
France, active Mexico, New York, and Hawaii, 1898-1979
Title: Arches and Mountains, Cuernavaca
Date Made: 1925
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 14 1/4 × 11 in. (36.19 × 27.94 cm)
Credit Line: The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art
Accession Number: AC1997.LWN.328
Classification: Paintings
Collecting Area: Latin American Art
Curatorial Notes: Born in Paris, Jean Charlot spent most of the 1920s living in Mexico, where he became immersed in the local art scene and contributed to the emerging mural movement. He also befriended the photographer Edward Weston (18861958), who made frequent trips to Mexico. Charlot created this painting after visiting Cuernavaca in June 1925 and gifted it to Weston, who was struck by the subtle, streamlined composition. Charlot returned to the subject years later in a lithograph (M.72.118.7) for Picture Book, a collaboration with Los Angeles−based printer Lynton R. Kistler (18971993), which features a collection of thirty-two original prints inspired by Charlot’s time in Mexico.

Rachel Kaplan

2024
Copyright: © The Jean Charlot Estate LLC / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Jean Charlot
France, active Mexico, New York, and Hawaii, 1898-1979
Title: Arches and Mountains, Cuernavaca
Date Made: 1925
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 14 1/4 × 11 in. (36.19 × 27.94 cm)
Credit Line: The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art
Accession Number: AC1997.LWN.328
Classification: Paintings
Collecting Area: Latin American Art
Curatorial Notes: Born in Paris, Jean Charlot spent most of the 1920s living in Mexico, where he became immersed in the local art scene and contributed to the emerging mural movement. He also befriended the photographer Edward Weston (18861958), who made frequent trips to Mexico. Charlot created this painting after visiting Cuernavaca in June 1925 and gifted it to Weston, who was struck by the subtle, streamlined composition. Charlot returned to the subject years later in a lithograph (M.72.118.7) for Picture Book, a collaboration with Los Angeles−based printer Lynton R. Kistler (18971993), which features a collection of thirty-two original prints inspired by Charlot’s time in Mexico.

Rachel Kaplan

2024