Lot #1066: LEOPOLDO MENDEZ - Jose Gualalupe Posada - Linoleum cut

 

Artist: Leopoldo Mendez (Mexican, 1902 - 1969).
Title: "Jose Gualalupe Posada".
Medium: Linoleum cut.
Date: Composed 1956. Printed c1965.
Dimensions: Overall size: 20 x 36 1/2 in. (508 x 927 mm). Image size: 13 1/4 x 31 in. (337 x 787 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil with the initials, lower right; annotated lower left. A proof (P/A) from the edition of unknown size, presumed very small. Cream thick watermarked wove paper. Very wide margins. Fine impression with very pronounced platemark. Good to very good condition with only minor issues. Comment(s): An extremely large, famous, and rare print. We could not find a sale at auction going back 28 years. The 100th anniversary of Posada's death was observed in 2013. [28036-5-1600]