Leopoldo Méndez and La Estampa Mexicana
The Letter
1941
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Woodcut, Sheet: 244 x 188 mm. (9 5/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
Image: 107 x 97 mm. (4 3/16 x 3 13/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 21 from the portfolio "25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez"
Credit Line
The Baltimore Museum of Art
Object Number
1941.561.21
A slumped, illuminated figure hides her face at a table, an incomprehensible letter in her left hand. An open envelope rests nearby while Nazi imagery looms in the top-right background.
Reyes Palma, Francisco, Leopoldo Méndez: El Oficio de Grabar, Mexico: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 1994, ill no. 72.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: signed LR margin (graphite): 'Méndez'; BR Corner (graphite): '21'.
