Leopoldo Méndez
Calaveras del Mausoleo Nacional (Skeletons of the National Mausoleum)

Calaveras del Mausoleo Nacional (Skeletons of the National Mausoleum)

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Calaveras del Mausoleo Nacional (Skeletons of the National Mausoleum)
Calaveras del Mausoleo Nacional (Skeletons of the National Mausoleum)
ArtistMexican, 1903–1969
CultureMexican
Titles
  • Calaveras del Mausoleo Nacional (Skeletons of the National Mausoleum)
  • from the portfolio 25 Prints of Leopoldo Mendez
Date1934, printed 1943
Published inMexico City, Mexico
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsBlock: 9 × 6 11/16 in. (22.9 × 17 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 13/16 in. (25.2 × 19.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number84.373
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"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 right corner in pencil: 8
bottom right below block in pencil: Mendez
printed on the block: IV / INTERNACIONAL PNR / HOY / EL SOL / CORRIDO / PROLETARIO / BOLETO / $2500

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Concierto Sinfónico de Calaveras (The Symphonic Concert of Skeletons)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut, edition 35/50
56.26.8
Concierto Sinfónico de Calaveras (The Symphonic Concert of Skeletons)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut on wove China paper, edition 26/50
91.1606.8
object recto
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Photo-relief etching with engraving
2007.74
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c. 1942
Woodcut
2007.64
Calavera of Stalingrad
Leopoldo Méndez
1942
Linoleum cut
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Leopoldo Méndez
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Woodcut on laid paper
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Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Wood engraving, edition 35/50
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1942
Wood engraving on laid paper
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1943
Woodcut, edition 35/50
56.26.18
Il nido del Buitre (The Vulture's Nest)
Leopoldo Méndez
1943
Woodcut on wove China paper, edition 26/50
91.1606.18