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Broadside comprising four pages printed on both sides and published by the newspaper 'Grito' celebrating the work President Lázaro Cárdenas did to stop the foreign petroleum companies exploiting Mexcian resources

1940
Not on view
The image on the cover is signed 'E. Alonso' of whom there is no trace. The attribution to Méndez comes from a handwritten inscription possibly by Jean Charlot.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Broadside comprising four pages printed on both sides and published by the newspaper 'Grito' celebrating the work President Lázaro Cárdenas did to stop the foreign petroleum companies exploiting Mexcian resources
  • Artist: ? Leopoldo Méndez (Mexican, 1902–1969)
  • Date: 1940
  • Medium: Linocut and letterpress
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 18 1/2 × 26 9/16 in. (47 × 67.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
  • Object Number: 46.46.340(1)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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