Artist
Leopoldo MéndezMexican, 1903–1969
Publisher
La Estampa MexicanaMexico City
Print studio
El Taller de Gráfica PopularMexico City
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)
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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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
"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"
verso top left in pencil "CR"
bottom right below block in pencil "Mendez"
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Leopoldo Méndez
printed 1948
Woodcut, edition 133/150
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printed 1948
Woodcut, edition 133/150
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Linoleum cut on laid paper
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