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Alfredo Zalce
The Porfirian Dictatorship Demagogically Extols the Indian. 1910 (La dictadura porfiriana exalta demagógicamente al indígena. 1910)1947

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Woodcut print with bold black lines showing a large prone figure in the foreground and a crowd of top-hatted men carrying a litter and banners in the distance

Alfredo Zalce, The Porfirian Dictatorship Demagogically Extols the Indian. 1910 (La dictadura porfiriana exalta demagógicamente al indígena. 1910), 1947, 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
Title
The Porfirian Dictatorship Demagogically Extols the Indian. 1910 (La dictadura porfiriana exalta demagógicamente al indígena. 1910)
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.2003.92.86
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
© The Estate of Alfredo Zalce / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York / SOMAAP, Mexico