Ballad (corrido) of Mr. Grasshopper (a corrupt middleman) who is sitting on a sheath of wheat and eating corn; a metaphor for peasant suffering under landowners
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Taller de Gráfica Popular|Leopoldo Méndez
Artist bio:  |Mexican, 1902–1969
Artist role: Publisher|Artist
Artist nationality: Mexican|Mexican
Date: ca. 1941
Medium: Zincograph and letterpress (photomechanical relief) on yellow paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 9 1/4 in. (34 × 23.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
Accession year: 1946