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Leopoldo Méndez
Plundering the Yaqui’s Land (Don Porfirio’s Army at the Service of Yankee Businesses) Despojo de la tierra a los Yaquis (El ejército de Don Porfirio al servicio de las empresas yanquis)1947

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Woodcut print with bold black lines on cream paper showing a figure on horseback raising a whip, an oversized hand gripping a company sign, and struggling figures amid broken wooden planks
Artist or Maker
Leopoldo Méndez
Mexico, Mexico City, 1902-1969
Title
Plundering the Yaqui’s Land (Don Porfirio’s Army at the Service of Yankee Businesses) Despojo de la tierra a los Yaquis (El ejército de Don Porfirio al servicio de las empresas yanquis)
Date Made
1947
Medium
Linocut
Dimensions
10 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (26.99 × 40.01 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jules and Gloria Heller
Accession Number
M.2003.92.54
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Latin American Art
Provenance
Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City, 1947; Dr. Jules Heller (1919–2007), Scottsdale, Arizona, 1947; LACMA, 2003.
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico City