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Raúl Anguiano
Por qué es tan cara la vida (Why Is Life So Expensive)1942

Not on view
Mexican political broadside print, black ink on cream paper, satirical illustration of rotund men on a ladder above small peasant figures, with Spanish text in mixed case and bold display type
Artist or Maker
Raúl Anguiano
Mexico, Guadalajara, 1915-2006
Publisher
Taller de Gráfica Popular
Mexico, Mexico City, founded 1937
Title
Por qué es tan cara la vida (Why Is Life So Expensive)
Date Made
1942
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
13 3/8 × 9 3/8 in. (33.97 × 23.81 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jules and Gloria Heller
Accession Number
M.2003.92.33
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Latin American Art
Provenance
Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City, 1942; Dr. Jules Heller (1919–2007), Scottsdale, Arizona, 1947; LACMA, 2003.
Copyright
© Raúl Anguiano / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York, NY / SOMAAP, Mexico © Taller de Gráfica Popular