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SALUD! (a salute to the Chinese artists and their new revolutionary nation)

Attributed to Alberto Beltrán Mexican
1950
Not on view
After the 1949 revolution in China—which led to the creation of the People’s Republic—Mexican printmakers traveled there and established bonds with fellow artists. This poster symbolizes this friendship through their shared practice of printmaking. Behind a hand holding an engraving tool, which dominates the composition, a Mexican man and a Chinese man (who strongly resembles Chairman Mao) shake hands. The print was published by the Taller de Gráfica Popular. Making clear the connection between printmaking and its service to society, another example of this print is inscribed "To the artists of the new China. Faithful interpreters of your people."

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: SALUD! (a salute to the Chinese artists and their new revolutionary nation)
  • Artist: Attributed to Alberto Beltrán (Mexican, Mexico City 1923–2002 Mexico City)
  • Publisher: Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City
  • Date: 1950
  • Medium: Lithograph (color linocut); proof impression
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 22 13/16 × 17 11/16 in. (58 × 45 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Richard and JoAnn Edinburg Pinkowitz, 2024
  • Object Number: 2024.69.78
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Plate 44: soldiers from the regime of Victoriano Huerta herding those who supported Emiliano Zapata and burning their homes, from the portfolio 'Estampas de la revolución Mexicana' (prints of the Mexican Revolution), Alberto Beltrán Mexican, Linocut
Plate 44: soldiers from the regime of Victoriano Huerta herding those who supported Emiliano Zapata and burning their homes, from the portfolio 'Estampas de la revolución Mexicana' (prints of the Mexican Revolution)
Alberto Beltrán
Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City
1947
Plate 10: the persecution of those involved in the Partido Liberal by the regime of president of Porfirio Díaz , from the portfolio 'Estampas de la revolución Mexicana' (prints of the Mexican Revolution), Alberto Beltrán Mexican, Linocut
Plate 10: the persecution of those involved in the Partido Liberal by the regime of president of Porfirio Díaz , from the portfolio 'Estampas de la revolución Mexicana' (prints of the Mexican Revolution)
Alberto Beltrán
Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City
1947
Plate 53: the Convention of Aguascalientes on 10 October 1914, from the portfolio 'Estampas de la revolución Mexicana' (prints of the Mexican Revolution), Alberto Beltrán Mexican, Linocut
Plate 53: the Convention of Aguascalientes on 10 October 1914, from the portfolio 'Estampas de la revolución Mexicana' (prints of the Mexican Revolution)
Alberto Beltrán
Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City
1947
Plate 15: President Porfirio Díaz being interviewed by James Creelman from 'Pearson's Magazine' on the subject of civil liberties in 1908, outside on the street people protest, from the portfolio 'Estampas de la revolución Mexicana' (prints of the Mexican Revolution), Alberto Beltrán Mexican, Linocut
Plate 15: President Porfirio Díaz being interviewed by James Creelman from 'Pearson's Magazine' on the subject of civil liberties in 1908, outside on the street people protest, from the portfolio 'Estampas de la revolución Mexicana' (prints of the Mexican Revolution)
Alberto Beltrán
Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City
1947
Plate 43: two scenes relating to the activities of the guerillas fighting against the regime Victoriano Huerta, from the portfolio 'Estampas de la revolución Mexicana' (prints of the Mexican Revolution), Alberto Beltrán Mexican, Linocut
Plate 43: two scenes relating to the activities of the guerillas fighting against the regime Victoriano Huerta, from the portfolio 'Estampas de la revolución Mexicana' (prints of the Mexican Revolution)
Alberto Beltrán
Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City
1947

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