Portfolio with complete text of 85 linocuts by 16 artists of the Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City. Edition of 500 numbered copies, numbered 1 to 500, plus 50 copies outside the market sets numbered in Roman numerals, this set number XVII from those 50, numbered on the justification page and on the cover, published by La Estampa Mexicana, Mexico City, Mexico. Loose as issued with original printed paper covers.

All sheets are the same size and have printed titles with a brief description. Images can be horizontal or vertical. The 85th work is small in size and is printed on the last page of the portfolio notes. A detail of this work is used in much larger scale as cover art. Papers are of various colors including ivory, cream, gray, brown. The portfolio notes contain a longer description of the subject of each work plus a declaration of principles (Declaracion de principios) of the Taller de Gráfica Popular. The series was begun in 1945 and completed in 1947. All text is in Spanish. The downloadable PDF file on the artist list page contains the text (in English) for each image. A separate file can be emailed upon request that contains also small size images.

No individual signatures except the two prints of Everardo Ramirez which are signed in pencil. We believe this set is the one originally given to Ramirez.

Artists (Artistas) are: Ignacia Aguirre, Luis Arenal, Alberto Beltran, Angel Bracho, Fernando Castro Pacheco, Jesus Escobedo, Antonio Franco, Arturo Garcia Bustos, Julio Herrer, Leopoldo Mendez, Francisco Mora, Isidoro Ocampo, Pablo O’Higgins, Everardo Ramirez, Mariana Yampolsky, Alfredo Zalce. Historical notes (Notas historicas)by Alberto Morales Jimenez, layout (Maqueta artistica) by Lena Bergner, technical direction (Direccion tecnica do la edicion) by Hannes Meyer.