Artworks · Leopoldo Méndez

Mr. Squirrel Hides

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 10.8 × 13.2 cm (4 5/16 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 18.2 × 24.9 cm (7 3/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

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Song of the Buzzard, plate 33 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 16.8 × 9.2 cm (6 5/8 × 3 5/8 in.); Sheet: 24.8 × 17.4 cm (9 13/16 × 6 7/8 in.)

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The Cry of Mrs. Snail, plate 31 from Mendez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 16 × 9 cm (6 5/16 × 3 9/16 in.); Sheet: 24.7 × 18 cm (9 3/4 × 7 1/8 in.)

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Warning Song of Madame Snail

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 5.6 × 12.5 cm (2 1/4 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 17.4 × 24.8 cm (6 7/8 × 9 13/16 in.)

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The Bat, plate 32 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 10.4 × 13.5 cm (4 1/8 × 5 3/8 in.); Sheet: 17.7 × 24.7 cm (7 × 9 3/4 in.)

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Squirrel, Mermaid and Shell, plate 34 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 8.5 × 13.5 cm (3 3/8 × 5 3/8 in.); Sheet: 17.5 × 24.9 cm (6 15/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

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Symbol of Diametrical Paths, plate 36 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 3.5 × 6.6 cm (1 7/16 × 2 5/8 in.); Sheet: 17.3 × 24.4 cm (6 13/16 × 9 5/8 in.)

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Squash with Squirrel Skeleton, plate 35 from Méndez: 25 Prints

1945 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 8.2 × 12.1 cm (3 1/4 × 4 13/16 in.); Sheet: 18.1 × 24.7 cm (7 3/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

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That Which Must Not Come (Lo que no debe venir)

1945 · Wood engraving

composition: 11 15/16 × 6 7/8" (30.3 × 17.5 cm); sheet: 16 1/8 × 13 1/16" (41 × 33.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Méndez: 25 Prints [illustrations for the book "Incidentes Melódicos del Mundo Irracional" by Juan de la Cabada]

1945 · Series of twenty-five wood engravings

sheet (each, approx): 9 3/4 × 6 7/8" (24.7 × 17.5 cm)

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Lightning

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

8.8 × 9.9 cm (3 1/2 × 3 15/16 in.)

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The Friendly Wild Boar

1944 · Wood engraving in black on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 15 × 13.2 cm (5 15/16 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 24.9 × 17.7 cm (9 13/16 × 7 in.)

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Symbol of Diametrical Paths

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

4 × 7 cm (1 5/8 × 2 13/16 in.)

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Dance Under the Plum Tree

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

Image/plate: 20.5 × 12 cm (8 1/8 × 4 3/4 in.); Sheet: 24.8 × 17.5 cm (9 13/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

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The End of the Vulture, illustration for Melodic Incidents of the Irrational World, from Méndez: 25 Prints

1944 · Wood engraving in black on grayish-ivory China paper

Image: 17.8 × 13.8 cm (7 1/16 × 5 7/16 in.); Sheet: 25 × 17.5 cm (9 7/8 × 6 15/16 in.)

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Warning Song of Madame Snail

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

5.4 × 12.2 cm (2 3/16 × 4 13/16 in.)

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The Cry of Mrs. Snail

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

15 × 9 cm (5 15/16 × 3 9/16 in.)

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Dance of Death, illustration for Melodic Incidents of the Irrational World, from Méndez: 25 Prints

1944 · Wood engraving in black on grayish-ivory China paper

Image: 19 × 14 cm (7 1/2 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 24.7 × 17.5 cm (9 3/4 × 6 15/16 in.)

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Pumpkins in the Sun

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

12.3 × 9.6 cm (4 7/8 × 3 13/16 in.)

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The Song of Mr. Squirrel

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

8 × 13 cm (3 3/16 × 5 1/8 in.)

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Mr. Squirrel Hides

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

Image: 10.4 × 12.9 cm (4 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.)

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Remembrance of Scenes from Youth

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

Image/plate: 20.5 × 7 cm (8 1/8 × 2 13/16 in.); Sheet: 24.8 × 17.9 cm (9 13/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

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Remembrance of Scenes from Youth

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

21 × 7 cm (8 5/16 × 2 13/16 in.)

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Pumpkin Eating

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

8 × 11 cm (3 3/16 × 4 3/8 in.)

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Pollen

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

21 × 7.5 cm (8 5/16 × 3 in.)

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Pochob

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

Image: 10.9 × 11.8 cm (4 5/16 × 4 11/16 in.)

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Dance of Death, illustration for Melodic Incidents

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

Image/plate: 20.1 × 12 cm (7 15/16 × 4 3/4 in.); Sheet: 24.2 × 17.5 cm (9 9/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

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The Bat

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

Image: 1 × 13 cm (7/16 × 5 1/8 in.)

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Preparing the Feast in Animal-Land

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

9.5 × 13.5 cm (3 3/4 × 5 3/8 in.)

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Carrying the Dead

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

9 × 13 cm (3 9/16 × 5 1/8 in.)

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The Political Badgers

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

Image: 1 × 13 cm (7/16 × 5 1/8 in.)

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Revenge, illustration for Melodic Incidents of the Irrational World, from Méndez: 25 Prints

1944 · Wood engraving in black on grayish-ivory China paper

Image: 20.4 × 14 cm (8 1/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 24.9 × 17.7 cm (9 13/16 × 7 in.)

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The Armadillo Completes His Task

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

12.3 × 13.2 cm (4 7/8 × 5 1/4 in.)

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The Sun, the Rainbow and Dancers

1944 · Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper

Image/plate: 20.9 × 9.4 cm (8 1/4 × 3 3/4 in.); Sheet: 25 × 17.6 cm (9 7/8 × 6 15/16 in.)

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Funeral Rites in the Forest

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

Image: 12.1 × 13.3 cm (4 13/16 × 5 1/4 in.)

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Flying for World Conquest

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

12 × 13.7 cm (4 3/4 × 5 7/16 in.)

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The Jaguar's Skin

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

22 × 8 cm (8 11/16 × 3 3/16 in.)

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The Capers of the Drunken Buzzard

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

12.6 × 13.3 cm (5 × 5 1/4 in.)

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The Conceited Buzzard

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

12.3 × 13.4 cm (4 7/8 × 5 5/16 in.)

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The New Song

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

14.2 × 12 cm (5 5/8 × 4 3/4 in.)

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The Mayor Talks

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

Image: 10.6 × 9.5 cm (4 3/16 × 3 3/4 in.)

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Song of the Buzzard

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

16.1 × 9 cm (6 3/8 × 3 9/16 in.)

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The Armadillo

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

7 × 13.2 cm (2 13/16 × 5 1/4 in.)

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The Buzzard Waits to Devour the Victims

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

9.8 × 13 cm (3 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.)

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Rattlesnake, illustration for Melodic Incidents of the Irrational World, from Méndez: 25 Prints

1944 · Wood engraving in black on grayish-ivory China paper

Image: 13.5 × 13.5 cm (5 3/8 × 5 3/8 in.); Sheet: 24.9 × 17.7 cm (9 13/16 × 7 in.)

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The Great Entrance, illustration for Melodic Incidents

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

Image/plate: 26.4 × 20.5 cm (10 7/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Sheet: 30.9 × 25.1 cm (12 3/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

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The Reply of Madame Snail

1944 · Wood engraving on paper

13 × 13 cm (5 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.)

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The Great Assassination Attempt

1944 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 40 × 54.9 cm (15 3/4 × 21 5/8 in.); Sheet: 49.9 × 64.6 cm (19 11/16 × 25 7/16 in.)

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