La guerra de los frijoles (The War of the Beans); El misterio del gran hueso (The Mystery of the Big Bone); from newspaper Calaveras Extra Guerra Extra Artist: Pablo O'Higgins (American, 1904–1983)
Artist: Alfredo Zalce (Mexican, 1908–2003)
Publisher: Taller de Gráfica Popular (Mexico City, founded 1937)

1939

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Lithograph

Dimensions

sheet: 22 7/16 × 17 11/16 in. (57 × 45 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Holmes Pearson, B.A. 1932, Ph.D. 1941

Accession Number

1954.4.14

Geography

Made in Mexico

Culture

Mexican

Period

20th century

Classification

Prints

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Bibliography
  • Michael Ricker et al., El Taller de Gráfica Popular: Vida y Arte, exh. cat. (Athens, Ga.: Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 2015), 398–399, ill
Object copyright
Copyright Pablo O'Higgins / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

lithographs

Inscriptions

Inscribed in plate recto, UC: "LA GUERRA / DE LOS / frijoles / Comité de Subsistencias: / Toma de Cristo Experiencias", also inscribed in plate, below image, there are two columns of text in Spanish. Inscribed in plate verso, UR: "El Misterio del Gran Hueso", also inscribed in plate, below heading and images, there are always two columns of text in Spanish. On the page of "La guerra de los frijoles" inscription in graphite (probably not by the artist), LL: "O'Higgins".

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