Leopoldo Méndez
Concierto de Locos (Fool's Concert)

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Artist Leopoldo Méndez (Mexican, 1903–1969)Mexican, 1903–1969

Print studio El Taller de Gráfica Popular (Mexico City)Mexico City

Publisher La Estampa Mexicana (Mexico City)Mexico City

CultureMexican

Titles

Concierto de Locos (Fool's Concert)
God and the Four Evangelists
from the portfolio 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez

Date1943

PlaceMexico

MediumWood engraving, edition 35/50

DimensionsBlock: 5 13/16 × 5 13/16 in. (14.8 × 14.8 cm)
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 3/8 in. (24.4 × 18.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of the friends of Freda Radoff

Object number56.26.5

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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.

"Graphic Art from Mexico", December 17, 1995 through February 25, 1996. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

"Calaveras Mexicanas:The Art and Influence of José Guadalupe Posada," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 13 - December 15, 2013.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Numbered in graphite, bottom right corner: 5

Recto: Signed in graphite, below block, right: Mendez
Recto: Initialed in ink, in block, bottom right corner: LM

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