Posada in His Workshop (Homage to Posada)

Artist Leopoldo Méndez (Mexican, 1902 - 1969)

Date1953

MediumLinocut

DimensionsImage: 15 1/4 × 33 in. (38.7 × 83.8 cm)

Credit LinePurchased through the John A. Petersen Acquisition Fund

CultureMexican

InscribedLR: 'Mendez' in graphite

Object numberPC2019.12

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionPosada is shown at work, burin in hand, preparing a print for engraving. He witnesses a scene of violence outside his window. Waiting behind Posada are his printer and the Flores Magón brothers, two early Mexican revolutionary thinkers. Méndez included his own birth date, 1902, in the calendar above Posada’s head.

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