Leopoldo Méndez: 25 Prints Folio
Collection
Identifier: PICT-999-025
Scope and Content
This collection contains 25 wood engraving prints by Leopoldo Méndez, published in a limited edition by La Estampa Mexicana in 1943. This is No. 51 of the 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.
Dates
- 1943
Creator
- Méndez, Leopoldo, 1902-1969 (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
Extent
26 items (1 folder) : 1 folio, 25 wood engravings, 1 book plate, 1 document
Abstract
The folio is a compilation of works by Méndez. This collection contains 25 wood engraving prints by Leopoldo Méndez, published in a limited edition by La Estampa Mexicana in 1943. The collection also includes one extra print which was a bookplate created by Méndez for Harold Leonard (also signed by the artist).
Physical Location
B2. Shelved in High Security by Pictorial Number.
- Estampa Mexicana
- Fascism -- Mexico
- Labor -- Mexico
- Mexico -- Economic conditions
- Mexico -- Religion
- Mexico -- Social conditions
- National socialism -- Mexico
- Political prisoners -- Mexico
- Poverty -- Mexico
- Prints -- Mexico
- Propaganda , Mexican
- Social classes -- Mexico
- Social justice -- Mexico
- Wood-engraving, Mexican
Creator
- Méndez, Leopoldo, 1902-1969 (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Leopoldo Méndez: 25 Prints Folio, 1943
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Pictorial Collections Staff
- Date
- © 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu