Plate 77: El hundimiento del "Potrero del Llano" por los Nazis en mayo de 1942 (from the portfolio Estampas de la Revolución Mexicana)
Artist
Ignacio Aguirre
(Mexican, 1900 - 1990)
Publisher
Taller de Gráfica Popular
(Mexican, founded 1937)
Dateprinted 1947
Mediumlinocut
ClassificationsGraphic
Credit LineGift of the Don Pierce Estate, 2015
Object number2015.29.108
DescriptionThe sinking of the ship 'Potrero del Llano' by the Nazix on 13 May 1942.eMuseum Notes
Historical text from the accompanying booklet reads as: Apenas estalló la guerra pasada, México y los mexicanos tomaron su lugar al lado de las Naciones Unidas. Fiel a su tradicional política internacional, nuestro país estuvo en contra de los nazis y fascistas. Las aguas mexicanas estuvieron infestadas de submarinos y barcos del enemigo. El 13 de mayo de 1942, el “Potrero de Llano” fue hundido en el Golfo de México por una embarcación hitlerista. Alberto Morales Jimenez.
Translation: Immediately following the start of World War II, Mexico and its citizens stood alongside the United Nations. True to our longstanding foreign policy our country stood against Nazis and Fascists. Mexican waters were infested with enemy ships and submarines and on 13 May 1942, the oil tanker Potrero del Llano was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico by one of Hitler´s vessels. Translated by Aída Wester, Intern 2017.
Translation: Immediately following the start of World War II, Mexico and its citizens stood alongside the United Nations. True to our longstanding foreign policy our country stood against Nazis and Fascists. Mexican waters were infested with enemy ships and submarines and on 13 May 1942, the oil tanker Potrero del Llano was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico by one of Hitler´s vessels. Translated by Aída Wester, Intern 2017.
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Ignacio Aguirre
printed 1947
Juan Antonio Franco
printed 1947
