Plate 8: La juventud de Emiliano Zapata: lección objetiva (from the portfolio Estampas de la Revolución Mexicana)
Artist
Mariana Yampolsky
(Mexican, born America, 1925 - 2002)
Publisher
Taller de Gráfica Popular
(Mexican, founded 1937)
Dateprinted 1947
Mediumlinocut
DimensionsImage: 8 1/4 × 11 5/8 in. (21 × 29.5 cm)
Support: 10 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (27 × 40 cm)
Support: 10 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (27 × 40 cm)
ClassificationsGraphic
Credit LineGift of the Don Pierce Estate, 2015
Object number2015.29.43
DescriptionThe young Emiliano Zapata watching a scene in which workers in a field carry heavy loads, while others are being whipped.eMuseum Notes
Historical text from the accompanying booklet reads as: …“¿Y por
qué no se juntan todos ustedes los del pueblo y se apoderan de las tierras que
les han quitado?” –preguntaba Emiliano Zapata a su padre, allá en los días de
su juventud. “No hijo –replicaba el padre del futuro Caudillo- contra el
dominio de los hacendados nada se puede hacer”. En respuesta, Emiliano solía decir: “¿No se puede? Dejen que yo crezca y
verán que sí, yo puedo recuperar las tierras que nos han quitado”. En el joven habían quedado grabadas las
palabras del padre.
Alberto Morales Jimenez.
Translation: “…so why don't you people get together and take back the land they have taken from you?”—Emiliano Zapata asked his father when he was young. “No son—his father replied to the future caudillo (leader)—against the control of the hacienda (large agricultural estate) landowners nothing can be done.” In response, Emiliano would say—“Nothing can be done? You'll see. When I grow up I'll recover the lands they've taken from us.” His father's words had a lasting impression in the young man's mind. Translated by Aída Wester, Intern 2017.
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printed 1947
Fernando Castro Pacheco
printed 1947