Leopoldo Méndez
La Carta (The Letter)

La Carta (The Letter)

© Pablo Méndez Hernández

La Carta (The Letter)
La Carta (The Letter)
ArtistMexican, 1903–1969
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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La Venganza de los Pueblos (The People's Revenge)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut on wove China paper, edition 26/50
91.1606.25
Por enseñar a Leer (For Teaching Them to Read)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut on wove China paper, edition 26/50
91.1606.22
Fachismo II (Fascism II)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut on wove China paper, edition 26/50
91.1606.20
Il nido del Buitre (The Vulture's Nest)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut on wove China paper, edition 26/50
91.1606.18
Fachismo 1 (Fascism I)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut on wove China paper, edition 26/50
91.1606.19
Portada de un Libro (Book Cover)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut on wove China paper, edition 26/50
91.1606.24
Protesta (Protest)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut on wove China paper, edition 26/50
91.1606.23
Concierto Sinfónico de Calaveras (The Symphonic Concert of Skeletons)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut on wove China paper, edition 26/50
91.1606.8
Accidente (An Accident)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut on wove China paper, edition 26/50
91.1606.7
El "Juan" (Soldier)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut on wove China paper, edition 26/50
91.1606.6
Establero (Stableman)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut on wove China paper, edition 26/50
91.1606.9
Sueño de los Pobres (Dreams of Paupers)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut on wove China paper, edition 26/50
91.1606.2