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Ángel Bracho

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WA-00026347

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MoMA

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The Latin-American Collection of the Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1943

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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/727
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Ángel Bracho was a Mexican painter and printmaker whose practice moved fluidly between modernist abstraction and figurative imagery from the 1930s onward. Working across easel painting and graphic design, he engaged with the formal innovations that defined mid-century Mexican art. His work spans nearly seven decades, reflecting the evolving aesthetic and political contexts of postwar Mexico.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 27d ago

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Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (14)

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The German-Truman society (La sociedad Aleman-Truman), Plate 124 from "450 Años de Lucha: Homenaje al Pueblo Mexicano" (450 Years of Struggle: Homage to the Mexican People)

1960 · Offset lithograph

Sheet: 10 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (27 × 40 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The regime of Ruiz Cortines (El regimen de Ruiz Cortines), Plate 129 from "450 Años de Lucha: Homenaje al Pueblo Mexicano" (450 Years of Struggle: Homage to the Mexican People)

1960 · Offset lithograph

Sheet: 10 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (27 × 40 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Friendship betwen Mexico and Guatemala (La amistad de Mexico y Guatemala), Plate 133 bis. from "450 Años de Lucha: Homenaje al Pueblo Mexicano" (450 Years of Struggle: Homage to the Mexican People)

1960 · Offset lithograph

Sheet: 10 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (27 × 40 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Social security in the country (Seguridad social en el campo), Plate 136 from "450 Años de Lucha: Homenaje al Pueblo Mexicano" (450 Years of Struggle: Homage to the Mexican People)

1960 · Offset lithograph

Sheet: 10 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (27 × 40 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Road to Coamitl (Huichol Region, State of Nayarit), from Mexican People

1946 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 29 × 35.4 cm (11 7/16 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheet: 38.4 × 44.9 cm (15 1/8 × 17 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Harvesting Chicle (Hombre in el Arbor)

1945 · Linocut

Sheet: 27 3/8 × 17 11/16 in. (69.5 × 45 cm) Image: 21 1/4 × 13 3/16 in. (54 × 33.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Poster celebrating the victory over the Nazis at the end of World War II

1945 · Lithograph in black and red, letterpress, backed with linen

Sheet: 31 1/2 × 23 1/4 in. (80 × 59 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Victory!

1945 · Linocut and letterpress in red and black on tan wove paper

80.3 × 60 cm (31 5/8 × 23 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Primitive Struggle (Fight for a Bone)

1944 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

Image: 38.8 × 27.9 cm (15 5/16 × 11 in.); Sheet: 48.3 × 36 cm (19 1/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Comité Central de la Defensa Civil. Daño relativo durante un ataque aéreo (Central Committee of Civil Defense. Relative Damage During an Air Raid)

1941 · Lithograph

composition: 16 1/8 x 23 3/8" (41 x 59.4 cm); sheet: 18 1/4 x 26 5/16" (46.4 x 66.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Huichol Fiesta

1940 · Lithograph

composition: 8 7/8 x 11 1/2" (22.6 x 29.2cm); sheet: 25 1/2 x 19 5/8" (64.7 x 49.8cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Manifesto of the town of Soconusco

1938 · Linocut, letterpress on green paper, backed with linen

Sheet: 17 1/8 × 11 13/16 in. (43.5 × 30 cm) Image: 7 7/8 × 9 13/16 in. (20 × 25 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Nazism, 9th Lecture: Races of the First and Second Class (El Nazismo, 9a conferencia: Razas de 1a y de 2a classe)

1938 · Lithograph and letterpress

Comp. 16 3/4 x 14 13/16" (42.7 x 37.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Madero

Linoleum cut

composition: 18 1/16 × 22 13/16" (45.8 × 58 cm); sheet: 20 3/16 × 25 5/16" (51.2 × 64.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

14 published of 18 catalogued · 11 with image

The Met
7 published
MoMA
4 publishedof 8 catalogued8 img
Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img

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Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Group Exhibition The Latin-American Collection of the Museum of Modern Art

New York · 1943