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Two posters; the one at left by Méndez depicting a figure with a swastika on his back and a dollar coin for his head wielding a knife about to murder men looking at newsheets; the image at right by Zalce relating to the 'revolutionary army', the power of foreign petroleum companies and corruption

1938
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  • Title: Two posters; the one at left by Méndez depicting a figure with a swastika on his back and a dollar coin for his head wielding a knife about to murder men looking at newsheets; the image at right by Zalce relating to the 'revolutionary army', the power of foreign petroleum companies and corruption
  • Artist: Leopoldo Méndez (Mexican, 1902–1969)
  • Artist: Alfredo Zalce (Mexican, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán 1908–2003 Morelia)
  • Publisher: Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City
  • Date: 1938
  • Medium: Lithographs on brown paper backed with linen
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 18 1/2 × 27 3/8 in. (47 × 69.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
  • Object Number: 46.46.505
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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