Leopoldo Méndez
La Carta (The Letter)

La Carta (The Letter)

© Pablo Méndez Hernández

La Carta (The Letter)
La Carta (The Letter)
ArtistMexican, 1903–1969
Print studioMexico City
PublisherMexico City
CultureMexican
Titles
  • La Carta (The Letter)
  • from the portfolio Twenty-five Prints of Leopoldo Méndez
Date1943
MediumWoodcut on wove China paper, edition 26/50
DimensionsBlock: 4 3/16 × 3 13/16 in. (10.6 × 9.7 cm)
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 1/2 in. (24.4 × 19.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alice C. Simkins
Object number91.1606.21
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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom right corner of sheet in pencil: 21
bottom right below block in pencil: Mendez
verso bottom left a stamp in purple:[trans.] Public Education Secretary/Department of Visual Arts/Institute of the Fine Arts/United States of Mexico

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