Special thanks to the Brandywine Workshop and Archive in Philadelphia, PA and the Sam Coronado Studio in Austin, Texas for the opportunity to work in their studios.
TRANSCENDENTAL TRAIN YARDS (11 1/2″x14 1/2″)
This series of serigraphs is the collaborative works by Marta Sanchez and Chicana Poet Norma E. Cantu. The ten print suite was printed at Coronado Studio in Austin, Texas and is in the bcollections of numerous university’s Latino Studies Programs and museums. This collaboration was created not only highlight the Mexican experience with the train yards in America but also to correlate the development of the visual and literary works of Chicana artists today. This serigraph edition of 50 has been sold or donated to private collectors, universities, and museums throughout the U.S. with only eleven sets still available. The prints are selling for $7,000.00 and include the published book of Transcendental Train Yards by Wings Press.
Actor and art collector Cheech Marin, National Museum of the American Latino at the Smithsonian, The National Museum of Mexican Art, El Museo Del Barrio, NY, The University of California in Los Angeles, Harvard University, The University of Notre Dame, The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan State University, The Benson Latin American Library at the University of Texas in Austin, The University of Texas in San Antonio, University of Kansas, The University of Missouri, St. Joseph’s University, The National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, The Mexic-Arte Museum Austin Texas, The Brandywine Workshop and Archive, Kenkeleba Gallery, NY, Dr. Constance Cortez, Dr. Norma E Cantu, Dr. Peter Haney, Dr. Ricardo & Harriett Romo.
“I am very pleased to have a copy of the boxed set of these wonderful prints created by Marta Sanchez. Her images convey personal reflections based on shared real life experiences with her family and the railroad industry. These meaningful experiences are not too infrequent among the waves of Latinos who arrived at the various points throughout the 20th century. If not before. These shared experiences often form the basis for artistic creativity, which transcends, as in the case of Marta’s prints and Norma’s Poetry. Into understanding of meanings and beauty in the everyday life of all.”
Gilberto Cardenas, Julian Samora Chair in Latino Studios, Assistant Provost & Director, Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame.
Monotypes and other prints
11 1/2 “x141/2”
