Eight uncut pages from the Marxist newspaper 'Rumbo Grafico' with illustrations by Méndez and Zalce including an advertisement from the TGP offering their design and printing services at competitive prices for effective propaganda

Taller de Gráfica Popular|Leopoldo Méndez|Alfredo Zalce

1940 · Linocut and letterpress · Drawings and Prints

Eight uncut pages from the Marxist newspaper 'Rumbo Grafico' with illustrations by Méndez and Zalce including an advertisement from the TGP offering their design and printing services at competitive prices for effective propaganda — Taller de Gráfica Popular|Leopoldo Méndez|Alfredo Zalce

Rumbo Gráfico – the newspaper of the Union of Industrial Workers of Graphic Arts (Sindicato Industrial de Trabajadores de Artes Gráficas) – was published in Mexico City between 1940 and 1961. Dated May 1, 1940, this issue commemorates the anniversary of a strike in Chicago on the same day in 1886 when workers demanded an eight-hour day. Their demonstration on the Haymarket three days later resulted in the death and injury of workers and gave rise to the International Worker’s Day (May Day). Rumbo Gráfico describes these events and urges graphic arts workers in Mexico to strengthen their union.

Artist: Taller de Gráfica Popular|Leopoldo Méndez|Alfredo Zalce
Date: 1940
Medium: Linocut and letterpress
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946