Pages 1, 2, 7 and 8 of an eight page broadsheet 'Calaveras aftosas con medias naylon' (Hoof and Mouth Skeletons with Nylon Stockings) addressing imperialism with images of 'calaveras' accompanied by 'corridos' (ballads); on the first page, a calavera cow with foot and mouth disease in nylon stockings refering to the contamination of milk

Various artists/makers

1947

Not on view

Artwork Details

Title: Pages 1, 2, 7 and 8 of an eight page broadsheet 'Calaveras aftosas con medias naylon' (Hoof and Mouth Skeletons with Nylon Stockings) addressing imperialism with images of 'calaveras' accompanied by 'corridos' (ballads); on the first page, a calavera cow with foot and mouth disease in nylon stockings refering to the contamination of milk
Artist: José Chávez Morado (Mexican, 1909–2002)
Artist: Alfredo Zalce (Mexican, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán 1908–2003 Morelia)
Artist: Miguel Covarrubias (Mexican, Mexico City 1904–1957 Mexico City)
Artist: Alberto Beltrán (Mexican, Mexico City 1923–2002 Mexico City)
Artist: Alberto Diaz (Mexican fl. ca. 1947)
Artist: Leopoldo Méndez (Mexican, 1902–1969)
Artist: Armando López (Mexican fl. ca. 1947)
Artist: Jesús Escobedo (Mexican, Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacán 1918–1978)
Artist: Francisco Mora (Mexican, Uruapán, Michoacán 1922–2002)
Artist: José Luis Franco (Mexican fl. ca. 1947)
Artist: Mariana Yampolsky (American, Chicago, Illinois 1925–2002 Mexico City)
Artist: Raúl Anguiano (Mexican, 1915–2006)
Artist: Erasto Cortés Juárez (Mexican, 1900–1972)
Artist: Arturo García Bustos (Mexican, Mexico City 1926–2017)
Artist: Feliciano Peña (Mexican, 1915–1982)
Artist: Ignacio Aguirre (Mexican, San Sebastián, Jalisco 1900–1990 Mexico City)
Artist: Fernando Castro Pacheco (Mexican, Mérida, Yucatán 1918–2013 Mérida, Yucatán)
Date: 1947
Medium: Linocuts and letterpress on buff paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 15 3/4 × 24 3/16 in. (40 × 61.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
Object Number: 46.46.558(a)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Pages 3, 4, 5 and 6 of an eight page broadsheet addressing political subjects taken from the newspaper 'Calaveras aftosas con medias naylon' (Hoof and Mouth Skeletons with Nylon Stockings), José Chávez Morado Mexican, Linocuts and letterpress on buff paper — Pages 3, 4, 5 and 6 of an eight page broadsheet addressing political subjects taken from the newspaper 'Calaveras aftosas con medias naylon' (Hoof and Mouth Skeletons with Nylon Stockings)
Multiple artists/makers
1947

A large folio newspaper entitled 'Extra, Extra, War, Skulls/Skeletons Hesitant about the War' comprising six pages richly illustrated; page 1 by Zalce, page 2 by Chávez Morado, page 3 by O'Higgins, page 4 Mendez, page 5 by Chávez Morado, page 6 by O'Higgins

Multiple artists/makers

1939

Poster entitled '50,000 covered' depicting dogs at a 'sumptous feast', José Chávez Morado Mexican, Lithograph and letterpress on buff paper — Poster entitled '50,000 covered' depicting dogs at a 'sumptous feast'
José Chávez Morado
Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City
1939

Poster with two images, on the left by Chávez Morado relating to when the USSR conquers imperialist interests (Hitler on his knees, Mussolini at left etc) and at right by Anguiano, regarding the situation in Mexico and the reactions of her putative sons

Multiple artists/makers

1939

Galloping riders on horses (El Galope), from "Eight Studies by Mexican Masters of Graphic Arts" (1952), José Chávez Morado Mexican, Lithograph — Galloping riders on horses (El Galope), from "Eight Studies by Mexican Masters of Graphic Arts" (1952)
José Chávez Morado
Latin American Research Bureau, New York
ca. 1952

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