Cave Creek, AZ
Details
- Dimensions
- 27ʺW × 1.5ʺD × 22.25ʺH
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Art Subjects
- Figure
- Period
- 1940s
- Country of Origin
- Mexico
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Linocuts
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Goldenrod
- Condition Notes
- Frame may have marks but nothing stands out on review. Paper is rough cut, heavy textured with depressions and wrinkles … moreFrame may have marks but nothing stands out on review. Paper is rough cut, heavy textured with depressions and wrinkles (as printed back in 1948). less
- Description
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This Linocut is a rare artist hand signed (in pencil) and TGP marked proof.
Framed and ready to display.
TITLES … more This Linocut is a rare artist hand signed (in pencil) and TGP marked proof.
Framed and ready to display.
TITLES
Bestias (Beasts)
from Rio Escondido
DATE
printed 1948
Mexico City, Mexico
DIMENSIONS
Block: 11 15/16 × 16 1/4 in. (30.3 × 41.3 cm)
19.5x24 print size
22.25x27 framed
Date of birth
1902
Date of death
1969
“Leopoldo Méndez led and co-founded Mexico’s most famous printmaking collective, the Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP) (the Popular Graphic Arts Workshop). A virtuosic printmaker himself, Méndez used his artwork to further the causes of agrarian reforms, Indigenous rights, and anti-fascism. He and the other members of the TGP initiated a tradition of activist printmaking that continues in Mexico to this day.
Méndez was born and studied art in Mexico City. In 1933, he joined the Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios (the League of Revolutionary Writers and Artists), with whom he developed a philosophy of art as a means of activism and liberation for the people of Mexico. Soon after, in 1937, Méndez founded the Taller de Gráfica Popular, a collective of artists who made everything from ephemeral prints to high-quality illustrated books in service of leftist political reform. Méndez remained with the TGP until 1961, after which he devoted himself to publishing books on Mexican printmaking and folk art, as well as supporting leftist movements around the world, until his death in 1969.” less
Cave Creek, AZ
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