La Calera (The Lime Seller)

Francisco Zuniga (1912 – 1998, Costa Rican-Mexican) “La Calera” (The Lime Seller is a 1977 limited edition lithograph on Copperplate Deluxe paper printed by Kyron, S.A., Mexico, D.F. There is a blind stamped in the lower right and the work of art is numbered 41/46, signed and dated “Zuniga 1977” in the lower left. The sheet measures 20.25 x 15 inches, and with mat and frame, the work of art is 35.75 x 27.75 inches. Literary reference: Illustrated and documented as Plate 34 in "Zuñiga The Complete Graphics" by Jerry Brewster.

Zuniga was a noted Mexican painter and sculptor best known for his nude figural works favoring full-figured female peasants native to Central America.