Artist: Leopoldo Mendez
Year: 1945
TGP (Taller de Grafica Popular)
Linocut.
Linoleum print (linocut) on wove paper signed in pencil by Mexican listed artist and master engraver Leopoldo Mendez. The work is called "La Entrada de Francisco I Madero en la Ciudad de Mexico, 7 de Junio de 1911" published by the Taller de Grafica Popular in Mexico City in 1945. Illustrated reference on the books "Leopoldo Mendez" by Manuel Maples Arce (1970) on page 74 with catalog number 35 and "El Taller de Grafica Popular" by Humberto Musacchio (2007) on page 13.
Size: 13-1/2 x 18-1/2" Sheet 16 x 22"
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Estampas de la Revolución Mexicana, 85 Grabados de Los Artists del Taller de Gráfica Popular, 1947. Marta Adams papers, circa 1914-circa 1991. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Information from the accompanying booklet states: “Aprehendidos infraganti, mátalos en caliente”, decía telegrama que Porfirio Díaz envío al general Luis Mier y Terán, Comandante Militar de Veracruz, para indicarle que, sin juicio, fusilara a varias personas cuyo único delito consistía en anhelar un régimen democrático. El 25 de junio de 1879 fueron llevados al paredón los jefes de este frustrado movimiento revolucionario, precursor de los acontecimientos de 1910. Alberto Morales Jimenez.
Bancroft Library also has a copy.
Artist: Alfredo Zalce (Mexico, Michoacán, Pátzcuaro, 1908-2003), Mexico, 1947, Prints, Linoleum cut.
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Estampas de la Revolución Mexicana, 85 Grabados de Los Artists del Taller de Grafica Popular, 1947. Marta Adams papers, circa 1914-circa 1991. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Bancroft Library also has a copy.
Artist: Fernando Castro Pacheco
Mexican workers in the Río Blanco fabric factory struck and rebelled against the working conditions on January 7, 1907. Their rebellion was suppressed during the Porfirato. The Río Blanco rebellion is named a precursor event to the 1910 Mexican Revolution.
Historical notes by Alberto Morales Jimenez.
Mexico, D.F. : Editado por "La Estampa Mexicana," 1947.
Portfolio of 85 engraving prints, including the cover illustration, by various Mexican artists, depicting scenes of the Mexican Revolution. The portfolio contains 84 prints described and a portfolio cover.
The image used here is of the Smithsonian Institute's copy. At UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library also holds a copy.
The Taller de Gráfica Popular (The People’s Print Workshop), or the TGP, was established in Mexico City in 1937 by artists Leopoldo Méndez (1902–1968), Luis Arenal (1908–1985), Raúl Anguiano (1915–2006), and Pablo O’Higgins (1904–1983). The TGP was a collective center for the creation of sociopolitical art (Source: LACMA, https://collections.lacma.org/node/580931).
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