Leopoldo Méndez
La Carta (The Letter)

La Carta (The Letter)

© Pablo Méndez Hernández

La Carta (The Letter)
La Carta (The Letter)
CultureMexican
Titles
  • La Carta (The Letter)
  • from the portfolio 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez
Date1943
PlaceMexico
MediumWoodcut, edition 35/50
DimensionsBlock: 4 1/4 × 3 13/16 in. (10.8 × 9.7 cm)
Sheet: 9 11/16 × 7 3/8 in. (24.6 × 18.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Friends of Freda Radoff
Object number56.26.21
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.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Numbered in graphite, bottom right corner: 21
Recto: Signed in graphite, below block, right: Mendez

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