Leopoldo Méndez
Por enseñar a Leer (For Teaching Them to Read)

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Artist Leopoldo MéndezMexican, 1903–1969

Print studio El Taller de Gráfica PopularMexico City

Publisher La Estampa MexicanaMexico City

CultureMexican

Titles

Por enseñar a Leer (For Teaching Them to Read)
from the portfolio 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez

Date1943

PlaceMexico

MediumWoodcut, edition 35/50

DimensionsBlock: 5 1/4 × 7 in. (13.3 × 17.8 cm)
Sheet: 7 5/16 × 9 11/16 in. (18.6 × 24.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Friends of Freda Radoff

Object number56.26.22

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Prints and Drawings

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PRINTS

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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Numbered in graphite, bottom right corner: 22

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

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