Broadsheet comprising four pages printed on both sides entitled 'Calavera ... ya no soplas'

ca. 1940
Not on view
Newspapers published by the TGP were truly collaborative; artists often met to review texts and devise eye-catching illustrations. Displayed here is the middle section of Calaveras, their four-page newspaper devoted to politics. At left is a caricature related to the Spanish Civil War and the recent invasion of Madrid by Francisco Franco. Two birds of prey dressed as shop owners represent a food monopoly that raised prices during the crisis. On the right side, a skeleton representing the Mexican president Lázaro Cárdenas spreads insecticide (FLIT) over the powerful landowners in Yucatán. The pump is labeled "Reparto," symbolizing the agrarian reforms achieved during Cárdenas’s tenure that returned land to Indigenous peoples and small farmers.




Los periódicos publicados por el TGP eran creaciones realmente colaborativas. Los artistas se reunían con frecuencia para revisar los textos y diseñar ilustraciones llamativas. Aquí se muestra la sección central de Calaveras, un periódico de cuatro páginas dedicado a la política. A la izquierda vemos una caricatura relacionada con la guerra civil española y la reciente toma de Madrid por parte de Francisco Franco. Dos aves de presa vestidas como tenderos representan un monopolio alimentario que aumentó los precios durante la crisis. A la derecha, una calavera que personifica al presidente mexicano Lázaro Cárdenas fumiga con insecticida (FLIT) a los poderosos terratenientes de Yucatán. La bomba, con la inscripción «Reparto», simboliza las reformas agrarias realizadas durante el mandato de Cárdenas, que devolvieron la tierra a los pueblos indígenas y a los minifundistas.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Broadsheet comprising four pages printed on both sides entitled 'Calavera ... ya no soplas'
  • Artist: Raúl Anguiano (Mexican, 1915–2006)
  • Artist: Luis Arenal (Mexican, 1907–1985)
  • Artist: Pablo Esteban O'Higgins (American, Salt Lake City, Utah 1904–1983 Mexico City)
  • Publisher: Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City
  • Date: ca. 1940
  • Medium: Lithograph of relief prints, and letterpress
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 18 7/8 × 27 9/16 in. (48 × 70 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
  • Object Number: 46.46.338
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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