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Four hesitant corridos (ballads) printed on the one sheet, two on each side addressing the subject of unwanted American intervention in Mexico; ballad of the persecution of Pancho Villa - (image by Escobedo); ballad of the good neighbour - (image by Chávez Morado); ballad regarding the expropriation of foreign petroleum companies - (image by Zalce); ballad on the eclipse of the peso - (image by Chávez Morado)

1938
Not on view
This page comes from a publication with four ballads on the theme of unwanted US intervention in Mexico and images by three different artists. It depicts Mexicans observing a solar eclipse that took place on April 7, 1938. In this case, however, the moon, with a hat identifying it as the United States, appears as a monstrous face biting the nose of the sun that represents Mexico. Chávez Morado employed the solar event as a metaphor for the devaluation of the peso after the United States retaliated against Mexico for ousting foreign oil companies.



Esta página procede de una publicación con cuatro corridos sobre el tema de la intervención no deseada de Estados Unidos en México que se ilustra con imágenes de tres artistas diferentes. Representa a varios mexicanos observando un eclipse solar que tuvo lugar el 7 de abril de 1938, pero en este caso la luna, tocada con un sombrero que la identifica como Estados Unidos, aparece con un rostro monstruoso y muerde la nariz del sol que simboliza a México. Chávez Morado usó el acontecimiento solar como metáfora de la devaluación del peso causada por las represalias norteamericanas contra México por expulsar a las petroleras extranjeras.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Four hesitant corridos (ballads) printed on the one sheet, two on each side addressing the subject of unwanted American intervention in Mexico; ballad of the persecution of Pancho Villa - (image by Escobedo); ballad of the good neighbour - (image by Chávez Morado); ballad regarding the expropriation of foreign petroleum companies - (image by Zalce); ballad on the eclipse of the peso - (image by Chávez Morado)
  • Artist: José Chávez Morado (Mexican, 1909–2002)
  • Artist: Alfredo Zalce (Mexican, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán 1908–2003 Morelia)
  • Artist: Jesús Escobedo (Mexican, Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacán 1918–1978)
  • Publisher: Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City
  • Date: 1938
  • Medium: Linocut and letterpress on buff paper
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 18 7/8 in. (35 × 48 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
  • Object Number: 46.46.455
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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