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Grabados Populares Mexicanos (collection of prints of popular subjects)

1943
Not on view
The publication comprises 17 relief and intaglio prints re-printed from the original matrices. The collection was published by the Universitaria de la ciudad de Mexico on 10 February 1943. They were printed in the workshop of the Escuela Nacional de artes plasticas by the students Marcelino Ezeta and Carlos Lugo. The collection has a Prologue by José Rojas Garcidueñas with decorative vignettes by Carlos Alvarado Lang. The date 1943 does not reflect the original date the plates/blocks were made.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Grabados Populares Mexicanos (collection of prints of popular subjects)
  • Publisher: Universidad Nacional Autonoma, Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas (Mexico City)
  • Date: 1943
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
  • Object Number: 46.46.73
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Farmers and teachers murdered in 1936 in San Felipe Torres Mochas (Guanajuato), from the portfolio 'En nombre de Cristo ...' (In the name of Christ), Leopoldo Méndez Mexican, Lithograph
Farmers and teachers murdered in 1936 in San Felipe Torres Mochas (Guanajuato), from the portfolio 'En nombre de Cristo ...' (In the name of Christ)
Leopoldo Méndez
1939
A portfolio of seven lithographs, 'En nombre de Cristo ...' (In the name of Christ), Leopoldo Méndez Mexican
A portfolio of seven lithographs, 'En nombre de Cristo ...' (In the name of Christ)
Leopoldo Méndez
Juan P. Valdes
1939
A reading primer for workers who attend night school 'Libro de Lectura para uso de las escuelas nocturnas para trabajadores. 1er Grado' (first grade), Mariano Paredes Limón Mexican, Letterpress, linocut
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Multiple artists/makers
1938
A children's book: 'La Cucarachita Mondinga y el Ratón Pérez', from the series "Biblioteca de 'Chapulin'", Fernán Caballero Spanish
A children's book: 'La Cucarachita Mondinga y el Ratón Pérez', from the series "Biblioteca de 'Chapulin'"
Multiple artists/makers
1943
A children's book: 'Cancion para dormir a pastillita', from the series "Biblioteca de 'Chapulin'", Miguel N. Lira Mexican
A children's book: 'Cancion para dormir a pastillita', from the series "Biblioteca de 'Chapulin'"
Multiple artists/makers
1943

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