Lot #150: LEOPOLDO MENDEZ - Despojo de la Tierra a los Yaquis - Linoleum cut

   

Artist: Leopoldo Mendez (Mexican, 1902 - 1969).
Title: "Despojo de la Tierra a los Yaquis [subtitle: El Ejercito de Don Porfirio al Servicio de las Empresas Yanquis]".
Medium: Linoleum cut.
Date: Composed c1945-47.
Dimensions: Overall size: 10 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. (267 x 349 mm). Image size: 8 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (216 x 298 mm).
Lot Note(s): A proof aside from the edition of unspecified size. Thin cream wove paper. Wide (full?) margins. Fine impression. Very good condition with the usual ink smudging in the margins, common to proofs. Provenance: Estate of Jaled Muyaes, who acquired the print directly from Leopoldo Mendez. Comment(s): Méndez was one of Mexico’s most important graphic artists and one of the country’s greatest artists of the 20th century. [25757-2-600]