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Leopoldo Méndez

Leopoldo Méndez

Artist

WA-00028452

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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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ711906 ULAN500111715

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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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960–1961

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Film Posters

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960–1961

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American Prints of the 20th Century

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954

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Master Prints from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1949

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The Latin-American Collection of the Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1943

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Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1940

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Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3923
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Movement

Realism

Medium

Printmaking

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

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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

Solitude, from Río Escondido

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Artwork sources (2)

339 published of 498 catalogued · 451 with image

Art Institute Chicago
178 published178 img
MoMA
161 publishedof 320 catalogued273 img

Record

Images

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

Relationships

4

Movements2

Realism Social Realism

Collections2

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago