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Corrido (ballad) relating to a woman who cheated on her husband and was then killed

ca. 1940
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Corrido (ballad) relating to a woman who cheated on her husband and was then killed
  • Artist: José Chávez Morado (Mexican, 1909–2002)
  • Date: ca. 1940
  • Medium: Photo-relief and letterpress on pink paper
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 8 3/8 in. (33.3 × 21.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
  • Object Number: 46.46.383
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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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
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