Leopoldo Méndez
Calaveras Estranguladoras—Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández (Strangled Skeletons—Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández)

Calaveras Estranguladoras—Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández (Strangled Skeletons—Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández)

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Calaveras Estranguladoras—Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández (Strangled Skeletons—Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández)
Calaveras Estranguladoras—Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández (Strangled Skeletons—Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández)
ArtistMexican, 1903–1969
CultureMexican
Titles
  • Calaveras Estranguladoras—Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández (Strangled Skeletons—Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández)
Date1942, printed 1949
Published inMexico City, Mexico
MediumLinoleum cut on laid paper
DimensionsBlock: 7 7/8 x 12 5/8 in. (20 x 32.1 cm)
Sheet: 9 5/16 x 13 7/8 in. (23.7 x 35.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Ribelin
Object number2007.63
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Calaveras Mexicanas: The Art and Influence of José Guadalupe Posada," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 13–December 15, 2013.

"35th Bienal of São Paulo" Choreographies of the Impossible," Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil, September 6–December 10, 2023. (OL.1647)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in graphite, lower right: Méndez
Verso: [unknown]
Recto: Signed in graphite, lower right: Méndez
Verso: [unknown]
Recto: [none]
Verso: [unknown]

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