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1957

  • Work on this object began.

1996

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Poster, 40d Aniversario de la Revolucion Socialista

This is a Poster. It was co-designed by Alberto Beltrán and Adolfo Mexiac. It is dated 1957 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is screenprint on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Lucy Work Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

70.5 x 47.6 cm (27 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. )

It has the following markings

Verso: Written in black ink, lower left: "36". Written in pencil, lower right: "33" inside circle and "36" inside circle but penciled X mark over it.

It is signed

Imprinted in white, lower right: "BELTRAN-MEXIAC-TAG".

It is inscribed

Imprinted in blue, across bottom: "10 DE NOVIEMBRE A LAS 10 HS. NUEVO TEATRO IDEAL Calle SERAPIO PENDON 15." Imprinted in red, lower right: "1917-1957".

Cite this object as

Poster, 40d Aniversario de la Revolucion Socialista; Co-Designer: Alberto Beltrán (Mexican, b. 1923), Adolfo Mexiac; Mexico; screenprint on paper; 70.5 x 47.6 cm (27 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. ); Museum purchase through gift of Lucy Work Hewitt; 1996-7-1

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