Corrido de Don Chapulin (The Ballard of Mr Grasshopper) by Leopoldo Mendez
Corrido de Don Chapulin (The Ballard of Mr Grasshopper)
Leopoldo Mendez
Title
Corrido de Don Chapulin (The Ballard of Mr Grasshopper)
Artist
Leopoldo Mendez
1902 - 1969 (biography)Year
1940
Technique
blockprint and transfer lettering
Image Size
5 3/16 x 4 3/4" , image; 12-3/4 x 8-3/8â text, to borders
Signature
Typeset lower right "Hoja del Taller de Grafica Popular"
Edition Size
not stated
Annotations
transfer text
Reference
Georgia, page 236; Prignitz 255
Paper
Thin, green wove
State
published
Publisher
Taller de Grafica Popular (TGP)
Inventory ID
20817
Price
SOLD
Description
From the Georgia Museum book: "Leopoldo Mendez created a set of four corrido flyers in 1940 on the abusive practices of middlemen and hoarders. He shows them in the form of a grasshopper, the perpetual thief of crops. Each sheet has the same corrido, but a different image. The introductory line translates as: 'Sir Grasshopper Chapulin buys and keeps goods. / When there are shortages, famine begins.' The flyers were intended to inform farmers through humor, using the familiar medium of the corrido."