•FANNY RABEL (1922-2008) 'El Arete'

•FANNY RABEL (1922-2008) 'El Arete' A study of a young child seated on a stool, signature and numbered 87/100 within the image, lithograph, the image 66cm x 42cm; together with a similar limited edition lithograph by the same artist (2) Fanny Rabel (born Fanny Rabinovich) was a Polish born Mexican artist considered to be the first modern female muralist. She and her family arrived in Mexico in 1938 from Europe and she studied art at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda", where she met and became friends with Frida Kahlo. She became the only female member of "Los Fridos" a group of students under Kahlo's tutelage. She also worked as an assistant and apprentice to Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros, painting a number of murals of her own during her career. The most significant of these is "Ronda en el tiempo" at the Museo Nacional de Antropolog•a in Mexico City.