ROW ONE Leopoldo Méndez Title: "1 de Mayo. Elevar el nivel de vida del pueblo mexicano,..." Date: 1947 Medium: Linoleum cut in black and pink/red with type in pink/red. Edition: Unknown Inscriptions/Annotations: None Paper/impression quality: Excellent impression on typical poster paper. Image dimensions: 25.5" x 21.0" Sheet dimensions: 32.5" x 24.5" Prignitz number: 77 Reference:TGPpr, # 77, 317.TGPmus, 189. LMdc, 195.
Description: A may day poster sponsored by the CTM (Congress of Mexican Workers.) The image depicts two children (the children of Méndez), walking to school while other less fortunate children sleep in the streets, promoting the importance of safe education.

Pablo O'Higgins y Alberto Beltrán
Title: 1er Congresso de Trabajadores Petroleros Latinoamericanos
Date: 1948
Medium: Linoleum cut in black with type in red and green.
Edition: Unknown
Inscriptions/Annotations: LL "Grabo O'Higgins y Beltrán" LR "Taller de Gráfica Popular"
Paper/impression quality: Excellent impression on typical poster paper Image dimensions: 22.6" x 26.2" Sheet dimensions: 37.5" x 27.6" Prignitz number: 91
Reference:TGPpr, # 91, 318.TGPdoce, 19, 20.TGPmus, 49. POhr, 104.
Description:A promotional poster for the first congress of the petroleum workers of Latin America.The image shows aspects of the oil industry and the people with the Mexican flag. At lower right are three men, presumably one is Lazaro Cardenas.

Alberto Beltrán y Arturo Gracía Bustos Title: 1 de Mayo: Dia del Trabajo Date: 1947 Medium: Lithograph and/or linecut in black, green and red. Edition: Unknown
Inscriptions/Annotations: LR in plate/stone "TGP" Paper/impression quality: Excellent impression on higher quality poster paper. Image dimensions: 26.2" x 23.5" Sheet dimensions: 34.9" x 27.5" Prignitz number: 79 Reference:TGPpr, # 79, 317.
Description:A may day poster in support of the CTM.The image presents group of workers holding a Mexican flag with oil platforms in the background. Like the previous example, the printing is probably by linecut, particularly given that this poster was printed outside of the TGP workshop by the Talleres Graficos de la Nacion.

Alberto Beltrán y Adolfo Mexiac Title: 40th Aniversario del Revolucion Socialista Date: 1957 Medium: Linoleum cut/linecut (combination?) in black, light blue and red. Edition: Unknown Inscriptions/Annotations: LR "Beltran-Mexiac-TGP." Paper/impression quality: Excellent impression on higher quality poster paper. Image dimensions: 27.0" x 17.9" Sheet dimensions: 31.7" x 23.7" Prignitz number: 193 Reference:TGPpr, # 193, 328.TGP40, 29.
Description:A poster celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Russian revolution of 1917. The image shows a Russian worker holding a flag shaking hands with Mexican workers. In the background are signs of soviet progress in the form of Sputnik and electrical and architectural achievements.A peace dove is at right.As in many later examples from the workshop, there is a higher degree of complexity in printing.

ROW TWO José Chávez Morado Title: 50,000 Cubiertos Date: 1939 Medium: Lithograph with type (large lettering appears to be drawn on the litho stone.) Edition: Unknown
Inscriptions/Annotations: None Paper/impression quality: Excellent impression on lightweight litho poster paper. Image dimensions: 12.2" x 17.5" (image only, not large titular text.) Sheet dimensions: 25.2" x 19.5" Prignitz number: 35 Reference:TGPpr, # 35, 312.TGP50, 28.TGPdoce, 22. JCMgeg, 93. LMcms, #163A.
Description: A satirical poster which is somewhat cryptic, at least to my spanish. It mentions that 50,000 are covered and talks of a sumptuous banquet. Presumably a reference to those whose comfort comes at the expense of the less fortunate.The image shows a group of dogs fighting for a bone while being assailed from behind.

Francisco Mora Title:"Ayude a impedir este Crimen." Date: 1953 Medium: Linoleum cut with type Edition: Unknown Inscriptions/Annotations: None Paper/impression quality: Excellent impression on typical poster paper. Image dimensions: 10.6" x 15.2" Sheet dimensions: 21.4" x 15.9" Prignitz number: 150 Reference:TGPpr, # 150, 324.TGPstan, 20.
Description:A protest poster about the pending execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. The image shows the couple, who are depicted strapped into electric chairs. In the fore- ground a hand with a dollar sign cufflink (US imperialism) reaches for the switch while the hand of the proletariat reaches in to stop the execution.A very powerful and success- ful image.

Francisco Mora (?) (Looks more like the work of Méndez)
Title: Bajo la Bandera de "Lenin"
Date: 1942
Medium: Lithograph in black with type in black and red (color roll).Type appears to have been transfered to the litho stone for printing. Note handwritten text at LR.
Edition: Reported to be 5,000 with 200 on better paper sold to defray printing costs. Inscriptions/Annotations: None
Paper/impression quality:Very good impression on lightweight litho paper.Vertical printing crease on left side through the soldier.
Image dimensions: 17.2" x 17.5" (total image with text - 23.2" x 17.5") Sheet dimensions: 26.7" x 18.7" Prignitz number: 52 Reference:TGPpr, # 52, 314.
Description: A promotional poster for a meeting in honor of 'comrade' Jose Stalin to celebrate as the Soviets move 'forwards toward victory' on Stalin's 63rd birthday.The image depicts Stalin flanked on either side by armed soldiers with a soviet banner in the background.

ROW THREE Arturo Garciá Bustos y MarianaYampolsky Title: Congresso Continental Americano por la Paz Date: 1949 Medium: Linoleum cut in black with type in reddish brown. Edition: Unknown
Inscriptions/Annotations: None
Paper/impression quality: Excellent impression on typical poster paper.
Image dimensions: 17.2" x 16.6"
Sheet dimensions: 31.7" x 23.7"
Prignitz number: 100a
Reference:TGPpr, # 100a, 138 (version 100c), 319.TGPwom, 4. MPegc, 55, up (version 100c.) TGPadm, 79.
Description: A powerful poster promoting the American Continental Congress for Peace. The image shows a man with a sledgehammer protecting a woman and child, who are in front of crops, from bayonets coming in from the left frame.

Arturo Garciá Bustos y MarianaYampolsky Title:American Continental Congress for Peace Date: 1949 Medium: Linoleum cut in black with type in blue green. Edition: Unknown
Inscriptions/Annotations: None
Paper/impression quality: Excellent impression on better poster paper.
Image dimensions: 17.2" x 16.6"
Sheet dimensions: 31.7" x 23.7"
Prignitz number: 100b
Reference:TGPpr, # 100b, 138 (version 100c), 319. MPegc, 55, up (version 100c.) MPmmp, 77.
Description: A powerful poster promoting the American Continental Congress for Peace. The image shows a man with a sledgehammer protecting a woman and child, who are in front of crops, from bayonets coming in from the left frame.

Jesus Alvarez Amaya Title: Corrido a Blas Vanegas Date: 1974 Medium: Monochrome linecut in black with type. Edition: Unknown
Inscriptions/Annotations: None noted Paper/impression quality: Good impression on lightweight paper. Image dimensions: 11.1" x 9.6" Sheet dimensions: 18.7" x 13.8" Prignitz number: Not listed in Prignitz. Reference: None noted.
Description:A dynamic small poster with a portrait of BlasVanegas rendered in a Cubo- futurist fashion above the scene of a crash near or off of a bridge. A poem by Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo accompanies the illustration. At the bottom is mentioned the founding date of the Vanegas Arroyo workshop, perhaps where the sheet was printed. While Prignitz states that it covers up until 1977, there are no carteles listed after 1966 or volan- tes after 1969.

Pablo O'Higgins
Title: 1 de Mayo de 1947
Date: 1947
Medium: Lithograph (linecut from drawing?) in black with red background/large type in linoleum/linecut.
Edition: Unknown Inscriptions/Annotations: LL in image "TGP." Paper/impression quality: Excellent impression on higher quality poster paper. Image dimensions: 22.7" x 23.2" Sheet dimensions: 30.2" x 23.2" Prignitz number: 78 Reference:TGPpr, # 78, 317.TGPdoce, 19. POhr, 97.
Description: A may day poster in support of the CTM. Image shows united workers from many backgrounds marching together in mutual support.This is another poster showing an unusual approach in printing. Prignitz states that the image is a drawing. If so, it does not look to be offset and would likely have been transfered to a metal linecut plate for printing with the black lettering, with the red background printed from another linecut.

ROW FOUR Unknown artist, Title:"Aqui estamos todos,..." Date: 1942 Medium: Lithograph in black, red and green (quite possibly the red and green are from linoleum blocks) with type in black. Edition: Unknown Inscriptions/Annotations: None Paper/impression quality: Excellent impression on typical poster paper. Image dimensions: 17.25" x 23.6" Sheet dimensions: 18.5" x 26.6" Prignitz number: 53 Reference:TGPpr, # 53, 314. Description:A poster in celebration of the thirty-second anniversary of the Mexican revolution with a quote by Manuel Avila Comacho and featuring portraits of four men (one is certainly Zapata and another probably Cardenas) behind a banner indicative of the Mexican flag.

Pablo O'Higgins Title: Buenos Vecinos, Buenos Amigos Date: 1944 Medium: Lithograph (linecut?) in black with offset lithography in red, blue and green. Edition: Unknown Inscriptions/Annotations: In type at LR "TALLER DE GRAFICA POPULAR 1944." Paper/impression quality: Excellent impression on typical poster paper. Image dimensions: 16.2" x 25" Sheet dimensions: 18.7" x 26.4" Prignitz number: 60 Reference:TGPpr, # 60, 91, 315
Description: A poster promoting good relations between Mexico and the US, featuring portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Benito Juarez with the slogan "Good Neighbours, Good Friends."The printing is very interesting, as the black appears to be lithography, but the balance looks to be a type of offset printing.The TGP seems to have experimented with a number of variations in printing to achieve a balance between economy and effect.