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Illustration for a broadside relating to oil companies that want to profit from Mexico's natural resources (oil) and human labor while not being mindful of the new age of social justice; two men throwing rocks at a vulture hovering over a nest

Leopoldo Méndez Mexican
Publisher Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City Mexican

1938

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For the broadside see, 46.46.403

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Title: Illustration for a broadside relating to oil companies that want to profit from Mexico's natural resources (oil) and human labor while not being mindful of the new age of social justice; two men throwing rocks at a vulture hovering over a nest

Artist: Leopoldo Méndez (Mexican, 1902–1969)

Publisher: Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City

Date: 1938

Medium: Linocut

Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 9 15/16 in. (21 × 25.2 cm)
Image: 5 1/8 × 7 5/16 in. (13 × 18.5 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946

Object Number: 46.46.64

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