Eight uncut pages from the Marxist newspaper 'Rumbo Grafico' with illustrations by Méndez and Zalce including an advertisement from the TGP offering their design and printing services at competitive prices for effective propaganda

Publisher Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City Mexican

1940

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Rumbo Gráfico – the newspaper of the Union of Industrial Workers of Graphic Arts (Sindicato Industrial de Trabajadores de Artes Gráficas) – was published in Mexico City between 1940 and 1961. Dated May 1, 1940, this issue commemorates the anniversary of a strike in Chicago on the same day in 1886 when workers demanded an eight-hour day. Their demonstration on the Haymarket three days later resulted in the death and injury of workers and gave rise to the International Worker’s Day (May Day). Rumbo Gráfico　describes these events and urges graphic arts workers in Mexico to strengthen their union.

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Title: Eight uncut pages from the Marxist newspaper 'Rumbo Grafico' with illustrations by Méndez and Zalce including an advertisement from the TGP offering their design and printing services at competitive prices for effective propaganda
Artist: Alfredo Zalce (Mexican, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán 1908–2003 Morelia)
Artist: Leopoldo Méndez (Mexican, 1902–1969)
Publisher: Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City
Date: 1940
Medium: Linocut and letterpress
Dimensions: Sheet: 31 1/2 × 23 5/8 in. (80 × 60 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
Object Number: 46.46.339
Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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