Leopoldo Méndez
Calaveras Estranguladoras—Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández (Strangled Skeletons—Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández)
Artist
Leopoldo Méndez (Mexican, 1903–1969)Mexican, 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)
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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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
"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
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Recto: Signed in graphite, lower right: Méndez
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