Garden of Hecelchácan

Art Historical Context

Alfredo Zalce's *Garden of Hecelácan* (1945), a striking lithograph from the Rosenwald Collection at the National Gallery of Art captures the lush beauty of Mexico's Michoacán region. Hecelchácan, a Purépecha indigenous name evoking fertile gardens and rural life, reflects Zalce's deep ties to his homeland. As a leading figure in Mexico's mid-20th-century print renaissance, Zalce was a founding member of the Taller Gráfica Popular ('s Graphic Workshop), a dedicated to accessible art addressing social realities post-World War II. Rendered in lithography—a planographic technique prized for its ...