25 prints by Leopoldo Méndez
Housed in burlap covers, the front of which is printed '25 Prints of Leopoldo Mendez'. The edition was limited to 100 copies of which the first 50 were printed on a special imported Chinese stock. This copy is no. 33. The prints are housed in an internal four-flap envelope that carries the printed title. On the inside cover is a eulogy to Méndez written by Juan de la Cabeda. An index of the prints in Spanish and English is found on the inside back cover.
Artwork Details
- Title: 25 prints by Leopoldo Méndez
- Artist: Leopoldo Méndez (Mexican, 1902–1969)
- Publisher: La Estampa Mexicana
- Date: 1943
- Medium: Linocuts, woodcuts, housed in a burlap cover
- Dimensions: Cover: 11 × 9 1/16 in. (28 × 23 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Richard and JoAnn Edinburg Pinkowitz, 2024
- Object Number: 2024.69.104.1–.25
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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