Leopoldo Méndez
Por enseñar a Leer (For Teaching Them to Read)

Por enseñar a Leer (For Teaching Them to Read)

© Pablo Méndez Hernández

Por enseñar a Leer (For Teaching Them to Read)
Por enseñar a Leer (For Teaching Them to Read)
ArtistMexican, 1903–1969
CultureMexican
Titles
  • Por enseñar a Leer (For Teaching Them to Read)
  • from the portfolio 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez
Date1943
PlaceMexico
MediumWoodcut, edition 35/50
DimensionsBlock: 5 1/4 × 7 in. (13.3 × 17.8 cm)
Sheet: 7 5/16 × 9 11/16 in. (18.6 × 24.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Friends of Freda Radoff
Object number56.26.22
Non exposé

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Works on Paper: Mexican Prints and Drawings of the Twentieth Century (Grabadas y Dibujos Mexicanos del Siglo Veinte)," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 15, 1983-January 1, 1984.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Numbered in graphite, bottom right corner: 22
Recto: Signed in graphite, below block, right: Mendez

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Por enseñar a Leer (For Teaching Them to Read)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut on wove China paper, edition 26/50
91.1606.22
For Teaching Them to Read
Leopoldo Méndez
no date
Woodcut on wove China paper
84.377
Sueño de les Pobres (Dreams of Paupers)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut, edition 35/50
56.26.2
Sudor de Sangre (Sweat of Blood)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut, edition 35/50
56.26.1
El 'Juan' (Soldier)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut, edition 35/50
56.26.6
Casa teniente (Landowner)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut, edition 35/50
56.26.4
Jinetes (Horsemen)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut, edition 35/50
56.26.3
Establero (Stableman)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut, edition 35/50
56.26.9
Concierto Sinfónico de Calaveras (The Symphonic Concert of Skeletons)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut, edition 35/50
56.26.8
Accidente (An Accident)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut, edition 35/50
56.26.7
Ilustractión para un Corrido (Illustration for a Popular Song)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut, edition 35/50
56.26.13
Mitin Improvisado (Street Meeting)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut, edition 35/50
56.26.12