Leopoldo Méndez
Niñas Tejedoras (The Weavers)

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Artist Leopoldo MéndezMexican, 1903–1969

Print studio El Taller de Gráfica PopularMexico City

Publisher La Estampa MexicanaMexico City

CultureMexican

Titles

Niñas Tejedoras (The Weavers)
from the portfolio Twenty-five Prints of Leopoldo Méndez

Date1943

MediumWoodcut on wove China paper, edition 26/50

DimensionsBlock: 9 3/8 × 6 15/16 in. (23.8 × 17.7 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 1/2 in. (24.8 × 19.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alice C. Simkins

Object number91.1606.14

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Prints and Drawings

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PRINTS

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: Inscribed in graphite, bottom right margin: 14
Recto: Signed in graphite, below block, right: Mendez
Verso: [none]

Recto: Signed in graphite, below image, right: Mendez
Verso: [none]

Recto: [none]
Verso: Stamped in purple ink at bottom left corner: SECRETARIA DE EDUCACION PUBLICA / DEPARTÁMENTO DE ARTES PLASTICAS / INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES / ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS [encircling coat of arms of Mexico]

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