Leopoldo Méndez
El Piñata (The Piñata)

El Piñata (The Piñata)

© Pablo Méndez Hernández

El Piñata (The Piñata)
El Piñata (The Piñata)
ArtistMexican, 1903–1969
CultureMexican
Titles
  • El Piñata (The Piñata)
  • Political Piñata (Piñata politica)
Date1936
PlaceMexico
MediumWoodcut on laid paper
DimensionsBlock: 11 3/8 × 8 5/8 in. (28.9 × 21.9 cm)
 Sheet: 13 3/4 × 12 1/2 in. (34.9 × 31.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Ribelin
Object number2007.66
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"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, below block, right: Méndez
Verso: [unknown]
Recto: Signed in graphite, below block, right: Méndez
Verso: [unknown]
Recto: [none]
Verso: [unknown]

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Untitled
Leopoldo Méndez
Untitled
c. 1939-1940
Woodcut on laid paper
2007.59
Sol (Sun)
Leopoldo Méndez
Sol (Sun)
c. 1949
Woodcut on laid paper
2007.52
Untitled
Leopoldo Méndez
Untitled
c. 1949
Woodcut on laid paper
2007.49
Gorgojo (Weevil)
Leopoldo Méndez
Gorgojo (Weevil)
c. 1949
Woodcut on laid paper
2007.50
Calavera of the Monopolies
Leopoldo Méndez
Calavera of the Monopolies
c. 1942
Woodcut on laid paper
2007.67
El "Juan" (Soldier)
Leopoldo Méndez
El "Juan" (Soldier)
1943
Woodcut on wove China paper, edition 26/50
91.1606.6
El Preso (Prisoner)
Leopoldo Méndez
El Preso (Prisoner)
1943
Woodcut on wove China paper, edition 26/50
91.1606.10
El Rayo (The Thunderbolt)
Leopoldo Méndez
El Rayo (The Thunderbolt)
1943
Woodcut on wove China paper, edition 26/50
91.1606.16
El Rapto (The Rapture)
Leopoldo Méndez
El Rapto (The Rapture)
1934
Woodcut
2007.44
El Dueño de Todo (The Owner of Everything)
Leopoldo Méndez
El Dueño de Todo (The Owner of Everything)
printed 1948
Woodcut, edition 133/150
56.28.2
El Bruto (Brute)
Leopoldo Méndez
El Bruto (Brute)
printed 1948
Woodcut, edition 133/150
56.28.1
El 'Juan' (Soldier)
Leopoldo Méndez
El 'Juan' (Soldier)
1943
Woodcut, edition 35/50
56.26.6