A woman making a tortilla while carrying a child on her back

1941

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Color lithograph on zinc
Dimensions: Sheet: 13 × 20 in. (33 × 50.8 cm) Image: 12 1/2 × 18 9/16 in. (31.8 × 47.2 cm)
Collection no.: 42.111.2
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

A woman making a tortilla while carrying a child on her back — Jean Charlot. 1941.

Medium: Color lithograph on zinc. Dimensions: Sheet: 13 × 20 in. (33 × 50.8 cm) Image: 12 1/2 × 18 9/16 in. (31.8 × 47.2 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Albert Carman, 1942.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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