Girl Seated
Jesús Guerrero Galvan
Mexican, 1910–1973
1939
A pencil-on-paper portrait of a seated young woman in which Guerrero Galván uses spare contour lines and soft cross-hatching to suggest a quiet, dignified presence.
You’re first struck by the luminous, gently modelled face and the delicate cross-hatched shadowing that gradually gives way to faint, economical lines for the body, so the figure seems to emerge from and dissolve into the paper while gazing off to the side.
This intimate drawing shows Guerrero Galván’s role in Mexican modernism—blending European draftsmanship and classical restraint with a contemplative, humanist vision that broadened the country’s art beyond the monumental mural tradition.
Medium
Pencil on paper
Dimensions
13 1/8 x 9 5/8" (33.3 x 24.5 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Inter-American Fund
Accession
700.1942
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