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Date
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1943
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Description
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This collection contains 25 wood engraving prints by Leopoldo Méndez, published in a limited edition by La Estampa Mexicana in 1943. There were 100 copies produced.
The prints are with their original woven fiber portfolio which includes an introduction by Juan de la Cabada and an index. Each print is signed by the artists.
The subject of the prints are largely images of Mexican laborers engaged in their various tasks, such as horsemen, newsboys, weavers, chicle gathers, and Fascism and Nazisim, and popular resistance in Mexico. Some prints were created before 1943.
The folio is a compilation of works by Méndez. The collection includes one extra print which was a bookplate created by Méndez for Harold Leonard (also signed by the artist). There is a brief biography of the artist in Spanish and English by Juan de la Cabada.
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Dimensions
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1 prelim. leaf, 25 pl., 1 leaf. 28 cm
24.8 x 19.7 cm (9 13/16 x 7 11/16 inches) (sheet)