Assassination of Jesús R. Menéndez in Cuba (Asesinato de Jesús R. Menéndez en Cuba)

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Assassination of Jesús R. Menéndez in Cuba (Asesinato de Jesús R. Menéndez en Cuba)

Portfolio: C.T.A.L. 1938-1948. Diez grabados de los artistas del Taller de Gráfica Popular en México en homenaje al III Congreso General
Mexico, Mexico City, 1948
Prints; linocuts
Linocut
13 1/8 × 15 7/8 in. (33.34 × 40.32 cm)
Gift of Jules and Gloria Heller (M.2003.92.9)
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

Leopoldo Méndez made this linocut for a collective portfolio of ten prints created by artists of the Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP; People’s Print Workshop) in honor of the tenth anniversary of th

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Leopoldo Méndez made this linocut for a collective portfolio of ten prints created by artists of the Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP; People’s Print Workshop) in honor of the tenth anniversary of the Confederación de Trabajadores de América Latina (CTAL; Confederation of Latin American Workers). Founded shortly after the TGP in 1938 by Mexican labor leader Vicente Lombardo Toledano (1894–1968), CTAL expanded the Mexican fight for workersʼ rights across Latin America and initiated partnerships with trade unions throughout the Americas. The TGP presented the portfolio during CTAL’s third general congress and hosted a reception for the international delegates. Here, Méndez portrays a mourner over the body of Jesús Menéndez (1911–1948), a leader of Cuban sugar workers, in an expression of solidarity with the Confederación de Trabajadores de Cuba (Confederation of Cuban Workers) as indicated by the “C.T.C.” on the banner behind him.


Rachel Kaplan, 2023
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Provenance

Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City, 1948; Dr. Jules Heller (1919–2007), Scottsdale, Arizona; LACMA, 2003.

Exhibition history

  • Pressing Politics: Revolutionary Graphics from Mexico and Germany Los Angeles, CA, Charles White Elementary School, October 29, 2022 - July 22, 2023