Leopoldo Méndez
La Carta (The Letter)

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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

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

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Prints and Drawings

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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.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Numbered in graphite, bottom right corner: 21

Recto: Signed in graphite, below block, right: Mendez

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