Artworks · Leopoldo Méndez

Professor Arnulfo Sosa Portillo, from In the Name of Christ

1939 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 28 × 20.5 cm (11 1/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Sheet: 35.2 × 43.3 cm (13 7/8 × 17 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Professor José Martínez Ramírez, from In the Name of Christ

1939 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 30.3 × 21 cm (11 15/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 49.9 × 40.4 cm (19 11/16 × 15 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for the cover of Melodic Incidents of the Irrational World (recto); Melodic Incidents of the Irrational World (verso)

1939 · Graphite, with black conté crayon, with erasing (recto) and red conté crayon (verso) on off-white wove paper

29 × 44.8 cm (11 7/16 × 17 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woodcutters

1939 · Lithograph

composition: 11 11/16 × 15 11/16" (29.7 × 39.8 cm); sheet: 12 3/4 × 19 3/4" (32.4 × 50.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Profesor Arnulfo Sosa Portillo from the illustrated book En Nombre De Cristo... Han Asesinado más de 200 Maestros: 7 Litografias de Leopoldo Méndez (In the Name of Christ...More than 200 Teachers Have Been Murdered: 7 Lithographs by Leopoldo Méndez)

1939 · Lithograph from an illustrated book

composition (irreg.): 10 15/16 × 8" (27.8 × 20.3 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 9 3/8" (35 × 23.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Profesor Ildefonso Vargas from the illustrated book En Nombre De Cristo... Han Asesinado más de 200 Maestros: 7 Litografias de Leopoldo Méndez (In the Name of Christ...More than 200 Teachers Have Been Murdered: 7 Lithographs by Leopoldo Méndez)

1939 · Lithograph from an illustrated book

composition (irreg.): 11 3/4 × 8 1/8" (29.8 × 20.6 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 9 3/8" (35 × 23.8 cm)

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Profesor Juan Martinez Escobar from the illustrated book En Nombre De Cristo... Han Asesinado más de 200 Maestros: 7 Litografias de Leopoldo Méndez (In the Name of Christ...More than 200 Teachers Have Been Murdered: 7 Lithographs by Leopoldo Méndez)

1939 · Lithograph from an illustrated book

composition (irreg.): 11 3/8 × 8 1/16" (28.9 × 20.5 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 9 3/8" (35 × 23.8 cm)

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Profesor Ramon Orta Del Rio from the illustrated book En Nombre De Cristo... Han Asesinado más de 200 Maestros: 7 Litografias de Leopoldo Méndez (In the Name of Christ...More than 200 Teachers Have Been Murdered: 7 Lithographs by Leopoldo Méndez)

1939 · Lithograph from an illustrated book

composition (irreg.): 11 11/16 × 8 1/16" (29.7 × 20.4 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 9 3/8" (35 × 23.8 cm)

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Profesor Maria Salud Morales from the illustrated book En Nombre De Cristo... Han Asesinado más de 200 Maestros: 7 Litografias de Leopoldo Méndez (In the Name of Christ...More than 200 Teachers Have Been Murdered: 7 Lithographs by Leopoldo Méndez)

1939 · Lithograph from an illustrated book

composition (irreg.): 11 3/4 × 8 3/16" (29.8 × 20.8 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 9 3/8" (35 × 23.8 cm)

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Profesor Jose Martinez Ramirez from the illustrated book En Nombre De Cristo... Han Asesinado más de 200 Maestros: 7 Litografias de Leopoldo Méndez (In the Name of Christ...More than 200 Teachers Have Been Murdered: 7 Lithographs by Leopoldo Méndez)

1939 · Lithograph from an illustrated book

composition (irreg.): 11 15/16 × 8 1/8" (30.3 × 20.7 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 9 3/8" (35 × 23.8 cm)

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"Matanza de Campesinos y Maestros en San Felipe Torres Mochas, Gto" from the illustrated book En Nombre De Cristo... Han Asesinado más de 200 Maestros: 7 Litografias de Leopoldo Méndez (In the Name of Christ...More than 200 Teachers Have Been Murdered: 7 Lithographs by Leopoldo Méndez)

1939 · Lithograph from an illustrated book

composition (irreg.): 10 5/16 × 8 1/16" (26.2 × 20.5 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 9 3/8" (35 × 23.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Teacher You Are Alone Against Your Enemies

1938 · Linocut on paper

13.2 × 17.7 cm (5 1/4 × 7 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Professor Ramón Orta del Río, From In the Name of Christ

1938 · Lithograph on paper

Image/plate: 29.4 × 20.5 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/8 in.); Sheet: 38.4 × 29 cm (15 1/8 × 11 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Album of 25 Illustrated Educational Handbills

1938

43.3 × 33.7 × 1 cm (17 1/16 × 13 5/16 × 7/16 in.)

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All the Land for the Peasants. Zapata. (Toda la Tierra para los Campesinos. Zapata.)

1938 · Linoleum cut

composition: 5 7/8 × 7 5/8" (15 × 19.3 cm); sheet: 12 13/16 × 9 3/16" (32.6 × 23.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Imperialism and War (El Imperialsimo y la guerra)

1938 · Lithograph on colored paper

composition (without text): 7 1/4 × 5 13/16" (18.4 × 14.8 cm); sheet: 9 1/2 × 6 9/16" (24.2 × 16.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Land of Gum

1937 · Woodcut on paper

Image/plate: 17.4 × 12.7 cm (6 7/8 × 5 in.); Sheet: 25.3 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 in.)

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Mexican Weavers

1937 · Linocut on paper

23.3 × 17.7 cm (9 3/16 × 7 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

White River (January 7, 1907)

1937 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 39.3 × 33 cm (15 1/2 × 13 in.); Sheet: 65.3 × 50.1 cm (25 3/4 × 19 3/4 in.)

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Workers' School

1937 · Lithograph in black and red on paper

21.5 × 31.2 cm (8 1/2 × 12 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Imperialism and War

1937 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 18.5 × 15.1 cm (7 5/16 × 6 in.); Sheet: 32.6 × 25.7 cm (12 7/8 × 10 1/8 in.)

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The Rebellion

1937 · Linocut on paper

Image/plate: 19.7 × 11.9 cm (7 13/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Sheet: 25.5 × 20.4 cm (10 1/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

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Chicle Gatherer (Chiclero) from the portfolio 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez

1937 · One from a portfolio of twenty-five woodcuts

sheet: 9 13/16 × 7 7/8" (25 × 20 cm)

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Chiclero

1937 · Woodcut

composition: 6 7/8 × 5" (17.5 × 12.7 cm); sheet: 10 1/2 × 6" (26.7 × 15.3 cm)

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Fight against Fascism

1936 · Wood engraving in black on tan wove paper

Image: 13.7 × 14 cm (5 7/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 33.8 × 23.1 cm (13 5/16 × 9 1/8 in.)

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Fisherman's Family

1936 · Woodcut and colored lithograph on paper

Woodcut block: 17.8 × 11.7 cm (7 1/16 × 4 5/8 in.); Sheet: 25.8 × 19.7 cm (10 3/16 × 7 13/16 in.)

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Fight Against Fascism

1936 · Woodcut on paper

14 × 13 cm (5 9/16 × 5 1/8 in.)

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Fisherman's Family

1936 · Linocut on paper

17.7 × 11.6 cm (7 × 4 5/8 in.)

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Fascism I

1936 · Linocut on paper

14.6 × 16.8 cm (5 3/4 × 6 5/8 in.)

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The Great Obstacle

1936 · Linocut in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 27.7 × 39.6 cm (10 15/16 × 15 5/8 in.); Sheet: 34.5 × 48 cm (13 5/8 × 18 15/16 in.)

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Peasants Fighting a Mounted Soldier

1936 · Charcoal on tan wove paper

Image: 40 × 30 cm (15 3/4 × 11 13/16 in.)

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Illustration for a Popular Song (Ilustración para un Corrido) from the portfolio 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez

1936 · One from a portfolio of twenty-five woodcuts

sheet: 9 13/16 × 7 7/8" (25 × 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Canteen (Cantina)

1936 · Woodcut

composition: 4 1/8 × 3 5/16" (10.4 × 8.4 cm); sheet: 7 7/8 × 6" (20 × 15.3 cm)

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The Piñata

1935 · Linocut on paper

Image/plate: 29.2 × 22.2 cm (11 1/2 × 8 3/4 in.); Sheet: 35.4 × 32 cm (13 15/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

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Landowner (Casateniente) from the portfolio 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez

1935 · One from a portfolio of twenty-five woodcuts

sheet: 7 7/8 × 9 13/16" (20 × 25 cm)

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Newsboys (Papeleros) from the portfolio 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez

1935 · One from a portfolio of twenty-five woodcuts

sheet: 9 13/16 × 7 7/8" (25 × 20 cm)

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Entrance of Madero into Mexico

1935 · Woodcut

Comp. 6 1/8 x 4 3/4" (15.6 x 12.1 cm)

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Newsboys (Papeleros)

1935 · Wood engraving

composition: 5 1/2 × 5 1/2" (14 × 14 cm); sheet: 6 13/16 × 8 15/16" (17.3 × 22.7 cm)

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Political Piñata (La Piñata Política)

1935 · Linoleum cut

composition: 11 7/16 x 8 3/4" (29 x 22.3 cm); sheet: 18 11/16 x 13 3/4" (47.5 x 35 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Calaveras of the National Mausoleum

1934 · Wood engraving in black on grayish-ivory China paper

Image: 22.9 × 16.9 cm (9 1/16 × 6 11/16 in.); Sheet: 24.7 × 20.4 cm (9 3/4 × 8 1/16 in.)

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The Rapture

1934 · Wood engraving on paper

13.8 × 9.6 cm (5 7/16 × 3 13/16 in.)

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Fascism II: Help for the Persecuted Revolutionaries

1934 · Wood engraving on paper

13.8 × 11.7 cm (5 7/16 × 4 5/8 in.)

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The "Juan"

1934 · Wood engraving on paper

9.7 × 13.1 cm (3 7/8 × 5 3/16 in.)

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The Prisoner

1934 · Linocut on paper

Image: 10.9 × 8.4 cm (4 5/16 × 3 5/16 in.)

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The Accident

1934 · Wood engraving on paper

14.2 × 9.7 cm (5 5/8 × 3 7/8 in.)

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The Return

1934 · Woodcut on paper

Image/plate: 14 × 9.9 cm (5 9/16 × 3 15/16 in.); Sheet: 24.6 × 20.4 cm (9 11/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

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An Accident (Accidente) from the portfolio 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez

1934 · One from a portfolio of twenty-five woodcuts

sheet: 9 13/16 × 7 7/8" (25 × 20 cm)

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The Symphonic Concert of Skeletons (Concierto Sinfónico de Calaveras) from the portfolio 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez

1934 · One from a portfolio of twenty-five woodcuts

sheet: 9 13/16 × 7 7/8" (25 × 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art