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Poster entitled 'The joke of the nation: the return of the grey automobile' showing named figures representing swindlers speeding away in a car

Formerly attributed to Alfredo Zalce Mexican
1939
Not on view
According to Peter Schneider (email Febuary 17, 2023) the print is at least in part attributable to Pablo O’Higgins. The image without lettering is signed by O’Higgins, in the catalogue 'Pablo O’Higgins: voz de lucha y de arte' (Mexico, 2004), p. 166.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Poster entitled 'The joke of the nation: the return of the grey automobile' showing named figures representing swindlers speeding away in a car
  • Artist: Pablo Esteban O'Higgins (American, Salt Lake City, Utah 1904–1983 Mexico City)
  • Artist: Formerly attributed to Alfredo Zalce (Mexican, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán 1908–2003 Morelia)
  • Publisher: Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City
  • Date: 1939
  • Medium: Lithograph on buff paper backed with linen
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 17 1/8 × 26 9/16 in. (43.5 × 67.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
  • Object Number: 46.46.509
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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