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The People’s contribution to the expropriation of oil. March 18, 1938 (Contribución del pueblo a la expropiación petrolera. 18 de marzo de 1938), Plate 111 from "450 Años de Lucha: Homenaje al Pueblo Mexicano" (450 Years of Struggle: Homage to the Mexican People)

Elizabeth Catlett American and Mexican
1960
Not on view
Signed Betty Mora. Catlett married the Mexian artist Francisco Mora in 1947 until his death in 2002.

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  • Title: The People’s contribution to the expropriation of oil. March 18, 1938 (Contribución del pueblo a la expropiación petrolera. 18 de marzo de 1938), Plate 111 from "450 Años de Lucha: Homenaje al Pueblo Mexicano" (450 Years of Struggle: Homage to the Mexican People)
  • Artist: Elizabeth Catlett (American and Mexican, Washington, D.C. 1915–2012 Cuernavaca)
  • Publisher: Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City
  • Date: 1960
  • Medium: Offset lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (27 × 40 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Richard and JoAnn Edinburg Pinkowitz, 2024
  • Object Number: 2024.69.81.112
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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