Leopoldo Méndez
The Protest (La Protesta)

The Protest (La Protesta)

© Pablo Méndez Hernández

The Protest (La Protesta)
The Protest (La Protesta)
ArtistMexican, 1903–1969
CultureMexican
Titles
  • The Protest (La Protesta)
  • from the portfolio 25 Prints by Leopoldo Méndez
Date1937
MediumLinoleum cut on laid paper
DimensionsBlock: 7 5/8 × 4 5/8 in. (19.3 × 11.7 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 8 in. (25.1 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number84.375
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Going with the Grain: Woodcuts from Houston Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cameron Gallery, January 31 - April 19, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in graphite, below image, lower right: Méndez
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, right bottom edge: 23.
Recto: Signed in graphite, below image, lower right: Méndez
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