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A poster advertising a meeting in Mexico City supported by the Liga Pro-cultura Alemana relating to the subject of how to combat Fascism

1939
Not on view
Escobedo joined the Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP) shortly after it was established in 1937. Founded by a group of young printmakers associated with the Mexican Communist Party and the left-wing Partido Popular (People’s Party), the TGP was engaged in numerous campaigns in support of the international popular front against fascism. Working alongside European exiles living in Mexico City and with the full approval of both the Mexican government and the Mexican Communist Party, the TGP began producing posters to advertise the activities of anti-fascist groups. Among these was Escobedo’s El Fascismo, part of a series of posters for conferences on the fascist threat organized by the Liga Pro-Cultura Alemana. It features four men from different classes and cultures linking arms in solidarity.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A poster advertising a meeting in Mexico City supported by the Liga Pro-cultura Alemana relating to the subject of how to combat Fascism
  • Artist: Jesús Escobedo (Mexican, Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacán 1918–1978)
  • Publisher: Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City
  • Date: 1939
  • Medium: Lithograph in red and black on buff paper backed on linen
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 18 5/16 × 26 9/16 in. (46.5 × 67.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
  • Object Number: 46.46.521
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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