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Poster advertising charity kitchens for the poor in Mexico City, circular image upper left showing impoverished men at a table waiting for food

ca. 1930
Not on view
The attribution to Méndez derives from the inscription upper right. Peter Schneider (email February 17, 2023) agrees with the attribution pointing out the relationship of seated men at left to another print by Méndez (46.46.35).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Poster advertising charity kitchens for the poor in Mexico City, circular image upper left showing impoverished men at a table waiting for food
  • Artist: ? Leopoldo Méndez (Mexican, 1902–1969)
  • Printer: Tipografía de la Escuela Industrial
  • Date: ca. 1930
  • Medium: Woodcut, letterpress, on pink paper, backed with linen
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 26 9/16 × 36 13/16 in. (67.5 × 93.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Jean Charlot, 1931
  • Object Number: 31.91.12
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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