Adolfo Quinteros and Sarah Jimenez

Los Judas de la Revolucion [anti-TGP, anti-PRI]

Mexico City: Los Judas de la Revolucion, 1976. Lithograph. 27 ½ x 18 ¾ in. Several small closed tears; else near fine. Item #10491

A fiery poster criticizing the corrupting influence of the authoritarian government on the culture industry, from Taller de Grafica Popular (TGP) to museums, created by two former members of the TGP.

Sarah Jimenez Vernis was a celebrated member of the TGP and a teacher who traveled throughout Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. An overlooked 20th century woman artist and printmaker, Jimenez Vernis’ work is beginning to be more widely written about in Mexico; in 2014, the Salón de la Plástica staged a retrospective of her work, which toured nationally. This print was designed by Jimenez along with friend and collaborator, Adolfo Quinteros, one-time general secretary of TGP and founder of Jardin del Arte. Both split from the TGP in 1967.

“Señores, ya denle al pueblo un Museo Nacional sin un jefe chanchullero como el del ‘moderno’ que hay... Como Méndez y Posada-paisanos de tradición-rehusemos la canallada en crítica de intención.” [“Gentlemen, give the people a National Museum without a crooked boss like the ‘modern’ one we have…Like Mendez and Posada –countrymen of tradition—let’s refuse villainy in criticism of intent.”]
A document of a split amongst politically committed artists, and the increasing untenability of supporting the authoritarian Partido de la Revolución Institucional [PRI] as a leftist in the 1970s, reflecting larger debates on the independence and autonomy of the cultural sphere.

OCLC locates one holding of any issue as of March 2026.

Price: $350.00