Plate 9: Libertad de prensa (“Adoptamos una política patriarcal” -Porfirio Díaz) (from the portfolio Estampas de la Revolución Mexicana)
Artist
Leopoldo Méndez
(Mexican, 1902 - 1969)
Publisher
Taller de Gráfica Popular
(Mexican, founded 1937)
Date1947
Mediumlinocut
DimensionsImage: 11 7/8 × 8 1/4 in. (30.2 × 21 cm)
Support: 15 3/4 × 10 5/8 in. (40 × 27 cm)
Mat: 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)
Support: 15 3/4 × 10 5/8 in. (40 × 27 cm)
Mat: 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Don Pierce Estate, 2015
Object number2015.29.44
DescriptionAn allegory relating to the lack of freedom in the press effected during the presidency of Porfirio Díaz. Image depicts men in a circular cell with the bars rifles with bayonets. The bayonets art piercing newspapers on the ground. The rifle stocks are holding up coins and on top of the coins show the feet of a man standing.On View
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