Constitución Política Mexicana

Dateca. 1950-65

Mediumlithograph on paper

Dimensions18 7/8 × 24 7/8 in. (47.9 × 63.2 cm)

ClassificationsPrints & Printmaking

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Diane Palley

Object numberPC2020.34.193

DescriptionPrint with a central portrait of a man buried (or planted) up to his chest in front of an oversized book with the words "Constitución Política Mexicana (Mexican Political Constitution), Articulos: 3, 27, 123-130" printed on its cover. The book is set among flourishing plants and fixed vertically in the ground, resembling a tombstone. The man is wearing overalls with the phrase "La voz de México" scrawled on his chest, while his outstretched hands hold a hammer and sickle. To either side are farmers laboring in a field, a rural teacher instructing her attentive students, and crowds of people listening to a public speech. A pueblo with industrial buildings fills the left background while, on the right side, tall mountains recede toward the horizon.

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