Flyer with ballad of Mr. Grasshopper
Leopoldo Méndez Mexican
Publisher Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City Mexican
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This is one of a group of flyers by Méndez that use a grasshopper (called Don Chapulín), destroyer and thief of crops, to represent corrupt middlemen who exploited farmers. Here, the grasshopper rides on the back of a farmer whose wife and child walk in front. The ballad describes the physical characteristics and corrupt behavior of the grasshopper.
Esta estampa pertenece a un grupo de octavillas creadas por Méndez en las que un saltamontes llamado Don Chapulín —destructor y ladrón de cosechas— representa a los intermediarios corruptos que explotan a los campesinos. El saltamontes cabalga a lomos de un agricultor cuya esposa y cuyo hijo caminan delante. El corrido describe las características físicas y el comportamiento corrupto del saltamontes.
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