When the USSR conquers imperialist interests and Mexico’s reactions to her putative sons
Esta complicada caricatura política hace referencia a la guerra de Invierno de 1939 y a sus repercusiones en México. A la izquierda, un heroico soldado ruso planta cara a varios líderes políticos europeos (Neville Chamberlain, Benito Mussolini, Édouard Daladier y León Trotski) y sujeta un paraguas roto que simboliza a Finlandia, cuyo diminuto ejército se enfrentó a las poderosas fuerzas soviéticas. Un confuso Hitler se lleva la mano a la cabeza mientras la Sociedad de las Naciones, representada como un perro que ladra, lo amenaza tras la invasión nazi de Polonia. La mujer de la derecha encarna al imperialismo, y los loros que gritan «Comunistas» a dos obreros aluden a los periódicos conservadores mexicanos. El texto que aparece debajo critica a la prensa mexicana y describe a sus miembros como «hijos putativos» en un juego de palabras intencionadamente cercano a «hijos de puta».
Artwork Details
- Title: When the USSR conquers imperialist interests and Mexico’s reactions to her putative sons
- Artist: José Chávez Morado (Mexican, 1909–2002)
- Artist: Raúl Anguiano (Mexican, 1915–2006)
- Publisher: Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City
- Date: 1939
- Medium: Lithograph on buff paper back with linen
- Dimensions: Sheet: 17 1/8 × 26 3/16 in. (43.5 × 66.5 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
- Object Number: 46.46.506
- Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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