Sheet with Four Flyers (Hoja con cuatro volantes)

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Sheet with Four Flyers (Hoja con cuatro volantes)

Mexico, Mexico City, 1938
Prints; linocuts
Linocut
Sheet (closed): 13 1/4 × 9 1/8 in. (33.66 × 23.18 cm); sheet (open): 26 5/8 × 18 5/16 in. (67.63 × 46.51 cm)
Gift of Jules and Gloria Heller (M.2003.92.71)
Latin American Art
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

This large sheet of paper contains four separate volantes (flyers) before they were cut for distribution by members of the Taller de Gráfica Popular (People’s Print Workshop)....
This large sheet of paper contains four separate volantes (flyers) before they were cut for distribution by members of the Taller de Gráfica Popular (People’s Print Workshop). The individual titles are (clockwise from top left): El Taller de Gráfica Popular (The Taller de Gráfica Popular); Los cañones de los fusiles de la reacción . . . (The Barrels of the Reaction’s Guns . . .); Maestro tú estás solo contra . . . (Teacher, You Are Alone Against . . . ); Unidad en tus filas (Unity in Your Ranks).
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Provenance

Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City, 1938; Dr. Jules Heller (1919–2007), Scottsdale, Arizona, 1947; LACMA, 2003.

Label

Here, members of the TGP printed four volantes (flyers) on one large sheet of paper.

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Here, members of the TGP printed four volantes (flyers) on one large sheet of paper. The text and linocut images by José Chávez Morado, Xavier Guerrero, and Leopoldo Méndez were transferred to a plate beforehand, which allowed them to be printed quickly and efficiently. The large sheets were then folded and cut before distribution; Chávez Morado’s volante (see M.2003.92.32) shows the end result of this process. The texts and images urge readers to unite against political opponents who oppose progress. Volantes like these demonstrate the usefulness of graphic or illustrated propaganda to promote political and social causes.


From exhibition Pressing Politics: Revolutionary Graphics from Mexico and Germany, 2022
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Exhibition history

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