Leopoldo Méndez
Las antorchas (The Torches)

Las antorchas (The Torches)

© Pablo Méndez Hernández

Las antorchas (The Torches)
Las antorchas (The Torches)
ArtistMexican, 1903–1969
CultureMexican
Titles
  • Las antorchas (The Torches)
  • from the portfolio Rio Escondido: Ten Prints by Leopoldo Méndez
Date1947, printed 1948
Published inMexico City, Mexico
MediumLinoleum cut on ivory wove paper, edition 133/150
DimensionsBlock: 12 × 16 3/8 in. (30.5 × 41.6 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 20 in. (40.5 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the friends of Freda Radoff
Object number56.28.9
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
bottom left below block in pencil "9."
verso top left in pencil "CR"
bottom right below block in pencil "Mendez"

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Tambien La Terra (Also the Earth)
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Tengo Sed (I am Thirsty)
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El Dueño de Todo (The Owner of Everything)
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Soledad (Loneliness)
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Woodcut, edition 133/150
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Venciste (You Conquered)
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