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Leopoldo Méndez Mexican
Publisher Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City Mexican
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Title: Ballad (corrido) of Mr Grasshopper (a middleman) who is shown receiving holy communion; a metaphor for peasant suffering under corrupt landowners
Artist:
Leopoldo Méndez (Mexican, 1902–1969)
Publisher:
Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City
Date: ca. 1940
Medium: Zincograph and letterpress (photomechanical relief) on green paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 9 1/4 in. (34 × 23.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
Object Number: 46.46.459
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