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Leopoldo Méndez

Leopoldo Méndez

Artist

PrintmakingRealismSocial Realism

Representation

None documented

11

Institutional Exhibitions

339

Works in Collection

500

Assets Indexed

1

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Movements

• Realism
• Social Realism

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Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

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Art of the Twenties

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979–1980

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Mexican Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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Photographs of Women

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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The Artist as Adversary

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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Movement

Realism

Medium

Printmaking

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (339)

Posada in His Workshop (Homage to Posada)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Deportation to Death (Death Train) (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Deportation to Death (Death Train) (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Emily Mae Smith

Shared movement

Jean-François Millet

Jean-François Millet

Shared movement

Shared movement

Alina Szapocznikow

Alina Szapocznikow

Shared movement

Christopher Williams

Christopher Williams

Also printmaking

Also printmaking

Also printmaking

Also printmaking

Also printmaking

Also printmaking

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Movements and affiliations

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago