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Alfredo Zalce
"TGP México: El Taller de Gráfica Popular, doce años de obra artística colectiva / The Workshop for Popular Graphic Art, a Record of Twelve Years of Collective Work”1949

Not on view
Woodcut print with bold black lines showing a giant puppet-like figure with exaggerated features looming over a crowd of small figures below
Woodblock print in bold black and white depicting a crowded outdoor scene; a seated figure in the foreground faces a group of people in motion, with woven baskets at center, flags waving overhead, and dense figures filling the background.
Woodblock print in black and white; two prone figures lie on the ground beneath a banner with Spanish text reading 'mueran los traidores fachistas'; diagonal rifle or pickaxe shapes sweep across the upper left; angular industrial buildings in the background; bold, expressive carving with strong contrasts.
Woodblock print in black and white depicting a child on a carousel horse, mouth open and one arm raised, wearing a round hat. Additional carousel horses and silhouetted riders visible in background, with bold parallel line carving throughout.
Woodcut print in black and white, several dark silhouetted figures walking across a turbulent landscape of dense carved lines, with a rearing horse at right and an industrial structure visible at upper left.
Artist or Maker
Alfredo Zalce
Mexico, Michoacán, Pátzcuaro, 1908-2003
Artist or Maker
Alberto Beltrán
Mexico, Mexico City, 1923-2002
Artist or Maker
Gabriel Fernández Ledesma
Mexico, 1900-1984
Artist or Maker
Leopoldo Méndez
Mexico, Mexico City, 1902-1969
Artist or Maker
Francisco Mora
Mexico, 1922-2002
Artist or Maker
Hannes Meyer
Switzerland, 1889-1954, active Germany, U.S.S.R. [now Russia], and Mexico
Title
"TGP México: El Taller de Gráfica Popular, doce años de obra artística colectiva / The Workshop for Popular Graphic Art, a Record of Twelve Years of Collective Work”
Date Made
1949
Medium
Album; five original engravings
Dimensions
Book cover: 7 1/4 × 12 3/4 in. (18.42 × 32.39 cm); a-e); sheet: 6 5/8 × 11 1/4 in. (16.83 × 28.58 cm) each
Credit Line
Gift of Jules and Gloria Heller
Accession Number
M.2003.92.67a-e
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Latin American Art
Provenance
La Estampa Mexicana, Mexico City, 1949; Dr. Jules Heller (1919–2007), Scottsdale, Arizona; LACMA, 2003.