This linocut celebrates the noble dignity of the campesinos (peasants). Catlett elevates their mundane tasks and celebrates their importance to the social fabric of the culture. Many of her works with the Taller de Gráfica Popular referenced popular photographic images of the Mexican people, images that would have been immediately recognizable to the primarily illiterate Mexican working class. Catlett’s moving prints, commenting on the exigencies of the human condition, gained her the Art Institute of Chicago’s first Legends and Legacy Award in 2005.

from Costa, Para la Gente: Art, Politics and Cultural Identity of the Taller de Gráfica Popular (Notre Dame, 2009)