Artworks · Leopoldo Méndez

Posada in His Workshop (Homage to Posada)

1953 · Linocut in black on cream wove paper

Image/block: 35.5 × 79.3 cm (14 × 31 1/4 in.); Sheet: 49.8 × 87 cm (19 5/8 × 34 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Firing Squad

1950 · Linocut in black on cream wove paper

Image: 30.5 × 42 cm (12 1/16 × 16 9/16 in.); Sheet: 43.8 × 54.6 cm (17 1/4 × 21 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Brute, from Río Escondido

1948 · Linocut in black on cream wove paper

Image: 30.6 × 41.8 cm (12 1/16 × 16 1/2 in.); Sheet: 39 × 50.5 cm (15 3/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

I Thirst, from Río Escondido

1948 · Linocut in black on cream wove paper

Image: 30.5 × 41.5 cm (12 1/16 × 16 3/8 in.); Sheet: 38.8 × 50.4 cm (15 5/16 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Master of Everything, from Río Escondido

1948 · Linocut in black on cream wove paper

Image: 30.6 × 41.6 cm (12 1/16 × 16 7/16 in.); Sheet: 38.9 × 50.5 cm (15 3/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Beasts, from Río Escondido

1948 · Linocut in black on cream wove paper

Image: 30.5 × 41.5 cm (12 1/16 × 16 3/8 in.); Sheet: 39 × 50.5 cm (15 3/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Little Schoolteacher, How Immense is Thy Will, from Río Escondido

1948 · Linocut in black on cream wove paper

Image: 30.7 × 41.7 cm (12 1/8 × 16 7/16 in.); Sheet: 39 × 50.5 cm (15 3/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Earth, Too, Drinks Thy Blood, from Río Escondido

1948 · Linocut in black on cream wove paper

Image: 30.5 × 41.6 cm (12 1/16 × 16 7/16 in.); Sheet: 38.8 × 50.5 cm (15 5/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Solitude, from Río Escondido

1948 · Linocut in black on cream wove paper

Image: 30.5 × 41.5 cm (12 1/16 × 16 3/8 in.); Sheet: 38.8 × 50.5 cm (15 5/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

First Lights, from Río Escondido

1948 · Linocut in black on cream wove paper

Image: 30.6 × 41.5 cm (12 1/16 × 16 3/8 in.); Sheet: 39 × 50.4 cm (15 3/8 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

You Conquered, from Río Escondido

1948 · Linocut in black on cream wove paper

Image: 30.7 × 41.7 cm (12 1/8 × 16 7/16 in.); Sheet: 38.9 × 50.4 cm (15 3/8 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Torches, from Río Escondido

1948 · Linocut in black on cream wove paper

Image: 30.5 × 41.7 cm (12 1/16 × 16 7/16 in.); Sheet: 38.9 × 50.5 cm (15 3/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Torches from the portfolio Rio Escondido (Hidden River)

1948 · Wood engraving

composition: 11 15/16 x 16 3/8" (30.4 x 41.6cm); sheet: 15 15/16 x 20" (40.5 x 50.8cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Calaveras aftosas con medias naylon (Skeletons with Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Nylon Stockings)

1947 · 28 woodcuts and linoleum cuts

composition: 15 13/16 x 12 3/16" (40.1 x 30.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1º de mayo . . . Comité Nacional de la Confederación de Trabajadores de México (May 1 . . . National Committee of the Confederation of Mexican Workers)

1947 · Linoleum cut with typeset text

sheet: 31 3/4 × 23 3/4" (80.7 × 60.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Portfolio Cover for Mexican People

1946 · Photo relief in black, green, and white on orange cloth portfolio cover

40.8 × 46.6 × 1.3 cm (16 1/8 × 18 3/8 × 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Grinding Maize (San José Tepepa, State of Morelos), from Mexican People

1946 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 35.2 × 28.7 cm (13 7/8 × 11 5/16 in.); Sheet: 44.8 × 38.5 cm (17 11/16 × 15 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

What May Come (Mexico, 1945)

1945 · Wood engraving in black ink on ivory Chinese paper

Image/block: 30.3 × 17.6 cm (11 15/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 42.1 × 32.6 cm (16 5/8 × 12 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Matrix for What May Come (Mexico, 1945)

1945 · Wood engraving block

30.5 × 17.5 × 2.4 cm (12 1/16 × 6 15/16 × 1 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Friendly Wild Boar, plate 2 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image: 14.7 × 13.1 cm (5 13/16 × 5 3/16 in.); Sheet: 24.7 × 17.6 cm (9 3/4 × 6 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portfolio Cover for Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Linocut in red and black with letterpress on off-white cloth portfolio cover

33.8 × 27.9 × 0.7 cm (13 5/16 × 11 × 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rattlesnake, plate 1 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image: 13.5 × 13.5 cm (5 3/8 × 5 3/8 in.); Sheet: 24.7 × 17.4 cm (9 3/4 × 6 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Funeral Rites in the Forest, plate 4 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image: 12.1 × 13.3 cm (4 13/16 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 18 × 24.9 cm (7 1/8 × 9 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Armadillo, plate 3 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image: 7 × 13.2 cm (2 13/16 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 17.4 × 24.7 cm (6 7/8 × 9 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Buzzard Waits to Devour the Victims, plate 7 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image: 9.8 × 13 cm (3 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 17.9 × 24.7 cm (7 1/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Reply of Madame Snail, plate 6 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image: 12.9 × 12.3 cm (5 1/8 × 4 7/8 in.); Sheet: 17.6 × 24.7 cm (6 15/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Preparing the Feast in Animal-land, plate 9 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image: 9.5 × 13.5 cm (3 3/4 × 5 3/8 in.); Sheet: 17.5 × 25 cm (6 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Flying for World Conquest, plate 8 from Mendez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image: 12 × 14.2 cm (4 3/4 × 5 5/8 in.); Sheet: 17.4 × 25 cm (6 7/8 × 9 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Armadillo Completes his Task, plate 5 from Mendez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image: 12.1 × 13.2 cm (4 13/16 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 17.5 × 25 cm (6 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Sun, the Rainbow and Dancers, plate 14 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 20.6 × 9 cm (8 1/8 × 3 9/16 in.); Sheet: 25 × 17.5 cm (9 7/8 × 6 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pollen, plate 10 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image: 20.9 × 7.5 cm (8 1/4 × 3 in.); Sheet: 24.9 × 17.4 cm (9 13/16 × 6 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Remembrance of Youthful Scenes, I , plate 11 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image: 20.7 × 7.4 cm (8 3/16 × 2 15/16 in.); Sheet: 25.3 × 17.6 cm (10 × 6 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dancing Under the Plum Tree, plate 13 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image: 18.6 × 13.4 cm (7 3/8 × 5 5/16 in.); Sheet: 24.7 × 17.7 cm (9 3/4 × 7 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dance of Death, I , plate 12 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image: 20.2 × 12.8 cm (8 × 5 1/16 in.); Sheet: 25 × 17.9 cm (9 7/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

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Remembrance of Youthful Scenes, II, plate 16 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 20.5 × 7.3 cm (8 1/8 × 2 7/8 in.); Sheet: 25 × 17.5 cm (9 7/8 × 6 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dance of Death, II, plate 17 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 20.1 × 11.9 cm (7 15/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Sheet: 24.8 × 17.5 cm (9 13/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Capers of the Drunken Buzzard, plate 18 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 13 × 13 cm (5 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 24.8 × 17.5 cm (9 13/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

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The Tiger's Skin, plate 15 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 20.7 × 8.4 cm (8 3/16 × 3 5/16 in.); Sheet: 25 × 17.5 cm (9 7/8 × 6 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Conceited Buzzard, plate 19 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 12.4 × 13.3 cm (4 15/16 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 17.5 × 25 cm (6 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The End of the Buzzard, plate 23 from Mendez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 17.8 × 13.8 cm (7 1/16 × 5 7/16 in.); Sheet: 25 × 17.4 cm (9 7/8 × 6 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Revenge, plate 22 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 20 × 14 cm (7 7/8 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 24.8 × 17.6 cm (9 13/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

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The Mayor Talks, plate 21 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 11 × 9.2 cm (4 3/8 × 3 5/8 in.); Sheet: 25 × 17.5 cm (9 7/8 × 6 15/16 in.)

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The New Song, plate 24 from Mendez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 15 × 12.1 cm (5 15/16 × 4 13/16 in.); Sheet: 24.8 × 17.5 cm (9 13/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Political Badgers, plate 20 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 10.2 × 13.9 cm (4 1/16 × 5 1/2 in.); Sheet: 17.5 × 25 cm (6 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.)

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The Great Entrance, plate 25 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 26.5 × 20.5 cm (10 7/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Sheet: 30.7 × 25.1 cm (12 1/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pochob

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 11.1 × 12.5 cm (4 3/8 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 17.7 × 24.6 cm (7 × 9 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Song of Mr. Squirrel, plate 26 from Méndez: 25 prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 8 × 13.4 cm (3 3/16 × 5 5/16 in.); Sheet: 17.6 × 24.9 cm (6 15/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pumpkins in the Sun, plate 29 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 10 × 12.7 cm (3 15/16 × 5 in.); Sheet: 17.4 × 24.9 cm (6 7/8 × 9 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago