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Propaganda

Publisher Published by Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City Mexican
1939
Not on view
In this bizarre scene of chaos, two planes fly overhead dropping leaflets while screaming mouths attached to contorted bodies run around on the ground. These figures embody the propaganda being spread by the planes and broadcast from the buildings in the background. At left, workers and soldiers laugh and point to the chaos that has been unleashed. Next to them is a pile of guns, some of which point backward, implying that despite their complacency, the workers too remain under threat.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Propaganda
  • Artist: Alfredo Zalce (Mexican, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán 1908–2003 Morelia)
  • Publisher: Published by Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City
  • Date: 1939
  • Medium: Lithograph
  • Dimensions: sheet: 21 5/8 x 15 7/16 in. (55 x 39.2 cm)
    image: 13 1/4 x 11 15/16 in. (33.7 x 30.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
  • Object Number: 46.46.483
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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