Leopoldo Méndez
El Piñata (The Piñata)

El Piñata (The Piñata)

© Pablo Méndez Hernández

El Piñata (The Piñata)
El Piñata (The Piñata)
ArtistMexican, 1903–1969
CultureMexican
Titles
  • El Piñata (The Piñata)
  • Political Piñata (Piñata politica)
Date1936
PlaceMexico
MediumWoodcut on laid paper
DimensionsBlock: 11 3/8 × 8 5/8 in. (28.9 × 21.9 cm)
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 12 1/2 in. (34.9 × 31.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Ribelin
Object number2007.66
Non exposé

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"35th Bienal of São Paulo" Choreographies of the Impossible," Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil, September 6–December 10, 2023. (OL.1647)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in graphite, below block, right: Méndez
Verso: [unknown]
Recto: Signed in graphite, below block, right: Méndez
Verso: [unknown]
Recto: [none]
Verso: [unknown]

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