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Alberto Beltrán
Plutarco Elías Calles, Supreme Leader (Plutarco Elías Calles, el jefe máximo)1947

Not on view
Woodcut or linocut print on amber paper, large central male figure with clasped hands at a table, surrounded by smaller gesturing figures, rendered in bold black lines

Alberto Beltrán, Plutarco Elías Calles, Supreme Leader (Plutarco Elías Calles, el jefe máximo), 1947, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Jules and Gloria Heller, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Alberto Beltrán
Mexico, Mexico City, 1923-2002
Title
Plutarco Elías Calles, Supreme Leader (Plutarco Elías Calles, el jefe máximo)
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.2003.92.125
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
© Alberto Beltran / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico