El Rapto; a woman swooping down on a man on horseback

Leopoldo Méndez Mexican

1934

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Title: El Rapto; a woman swooping down on a man on horseback
Artist: Leopoldo Méndez (Mexican, 1902–1969)
Date: 1934
Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 15/16 in. (24.5 × 20.2 cm)
Image: 5 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (14 × 9.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
Object Number: 46.46.46
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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