Manuela Sanchez, Spanish Guerilla, from "Eight Studies by Mexican Masters of Graphic Arts" (1952)

Alberto Beltrán Mexican
 Publisher Latin American Research Bureau, New York

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 690

Printmakers in Mexico often addressed international events such as the Spanish Civil War (1936–39). In this print, Beltrán depicts Manuela Sánchez (Manuela López Suárez), a freedom fighter from Galicia who took part in the ongoing struggle against General Francisco Franco’s fascist forces in Spain. Sánchez is shown as an archetypal guerrilla. Strong and unflinching, with gun in hand, she kneels on a rocky ground littered with bodies, turning to look at figures fleeing a building as if weighing up her next move.

Manuela Sanchez, Spanish Guerilla, from "Eight Studies by Mexican Masters of Graphic Arts" (1952), Alberto Beltrán (Mexican, Mexico City 1923–2002 Mexico City), Linocut

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