Plate 2: Despojo de la tierra a los Yaquis (El ejército de don Porfirio al servicio de las empresas Yanquis) (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: 8 1/2 × 11 3/4 in. (21.6 × 29.8 cm)
Support: 10 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (27 × 40 cm)
Support: 10 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (27 × 40 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Don Pierce Estate, 2015
Object number2015.29.38
DescriptionOn the left side is a larger-than life image of a businessman wearing sunglasses and pointing his finger at a sword wielding solider on horseback in the central foreground. The man holds a large sign that says "Charles Conant Sondra & Smalda Irrigation CO". The solider raises his sword in the air and is about to bring it down on a man who is falling back onto a fence. In the distance people are being shepherded away. On View
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