Leopoldo Méndez
Concierto de Locos (Fool's Concert)

Concierto de Locos (Fool's Concert)

© Pablo Méndez Hernández

Concierto de Locos (Fool's Concert)
Concierto de Locos (Fool's Concert)
ArtistMexican, 1903–1969
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
Not on view

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Object Type
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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1943
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1943
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Jinetes (Horsemen)
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1943
Woodcut, edition 35/50
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Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut, edition 35/50
56.26.9