A poster relating to the potential slaughter of Republicans Spaniards at the end of the Spanish Civil War
La actitud francesa hacia los republicanos durante la guerra civil española fue dubitativa y ambivalente. El Gobierno de Francia no les prestó ayuda directa y acabó reconociendo el Estado nacionalista de Francisco Franco. A finales de mayo de 1939, al término de la contienda, se estima que medio millón de refugiados españoles atravesaron la frontera para huir a Francia y, en su mayor parte, fueron confinados en campos de concentración. En respuesta a la amenaza de que noventa y cinco mil de estos refugiados fueran devueltos a España, donde les esperaba una muerte segura, esta octavilla exige que ese regreso forzoso no se produzca.
Artwork Details
- Title: A poster relating to the potential slaughter of Republicans Spaniards at the end of the Spanish Civil War
- Artist: José Chávez Morado (Mexican, 1909–2002)
- Publisher: ? Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City
- Date: 1939
- Medium: Linocut and letterpress on pink paper (relief printing) backed in linen
- Dimensions: Sheet: 13 3/16 × 17 1/8 in. (33.5 × 43.5 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
- Object Number: 46.46.503
- Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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