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Luis Jimenez

Luis Jimenez

Artist
WA-00027766
PrintmakingSocial Realism
Representation
None documented
2
Institutional Exhibitions
13
Works in Collection
18
Assets Indexed
0
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Authority Records (2)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1989
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Committed to Print
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1988

Source Registry (2)

About

Why this artist matters now

Luis Jimenez was an American sculptor and painter working in fiberglass and bronze to create monumental public works centered on Chicano labor, migration, and identity in the American Southwest. His figural compositions depicted working-class subjects with formal intensity, bringing Chicano experience into civic space during the postwar period. His practice established a visual language rooted in the materiality of industrial materials and the dignity of everyday figures.

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Movement
Social Realism
Medium
Printmaking
Related Artists
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Museum Collections

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Artworks (13)

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Artwork sources (5)

13 published of 16 catalogued · 9 with image
  • Art Institute Chicago
    7 published7 img
  • MoMA
    3 publishedof 6 catalogued2 img
  • The Met
    1 published
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    1 published
  • Whitney
    1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources
  • The Mass of Mankind
    1992 · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Record

Images

Air, Earth, Fire, Water (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
Air, Earth, Fire, Water (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

6
Movements1
Social Realism
Collections5
Museum of Modern ArtThe Metropolitan Museum of ArtArt Institute of ChicagoCleveland Museum of ArtWhitney Museum of American Art
Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Whitney Museum of American Art
Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group ExhibitionRecent Acquisitions
New York · 1989
Group ExhibitionCommitted to Print
New York · 1988