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Untitled

1940s

Leopoldo Méndez

(Mexican, 1902–1969)
published by

La Stampa Mexicana

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Culture
Mexico, 20th century
Medium
linoleum cut
Support
Gray Corsican paper
Measurements
Sheet: 16.8 x 28.3 cm (6 5/8 x 11 1/8 in.); Image: 14 x 13.9 cm (5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.); Overall: 18.5 x 34 cm (7 5/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Elizabeth Snodgrass in memory of James Snodgrass 2000.183.d
Edition
total of 1800 copies, the first 600 are numbered 1-600
Impression
065
Copyright
Copyright
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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The TGP's book included original prints by artists associated with the shop.

Description

This book commemorates the 12th anniversary of the Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP), an artist-run printshop in Mexico City that aimed to make affordable prints and to address social and political issues through art. The TGP invited an international range of artists to work in its space, including Swiss artist Hannes Meyer (1889–1954). A former director of the Bauhaus, an experimental art school in Germany, Meyer fled Europe during World War II. While in Mexico, Meyer edited this book, which describes the TGP’s various projects.
A square-oriented linoleum cut in black ink on light paper depicts a child in a wide-brimmed hat riding a carousel horse. The child sits with an open mouth and one hand raised as the horse faces left. Bold, high-contrast lines create radiating patterns across the floor and background, where two smaller figures ride in the distance. A signature is visible in the lower right corner against the expressive, carved texture of the scene.

Untitled

1940s

Leopoldo Méndez, La Stampa Mexicana

(Mexican, 1902–1969)
Mexico, 20th century

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