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Alfredo Zalce
Expropriation of the Oil Industry (La expropiación de la industria del petróleo)1938

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Letterpress broadside on coral-red paper, black-ink illustration of a man signing documents at a desk surrounded by a crowd, above Spanish text about the expropriation of Mexico's oil industry

Alfredo Zalce, Taller de Gráfica Popular, Expropriation of the Oil Industry (La expropiación de la industria del petróleo), 1938, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Jules and Gloria Heller, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Alfredo Zalce
Mexico, Michoacán, Pátzcuaro, 1908-2003
Publisher
Taller de Gráfica Popular
Mexico, Mexico City, founded 1937
Title
Expropriation of the Oil Industry (La expropiación de la industria del petróleo)
Date Made
1938
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
13 1/2 × 8 7/8 in. (34.29 × 22.54 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jules and Gloria Heller
Accession Number
M.2003.92.25
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Latin American Art
Provenance
Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City, 1938; Dr. Jules Heller (1919–2007), Scottsdale, Arizona, 1947; LACMA, 2003.
Copyright
© The Estate of Alfredo Zalce / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York / SOMAAP, Mexico