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Venciste (You Conquered) from "Rio Escondido" (Hidden River) by Leopoldo Mendez

Venciste (You Conquered) from Rio Escondido (Hidden River) by Leopoldo Mendez

Venciste (You Conquered) from "Rio Escondido" (Hidden River)

Leopoldo Mendez

Title

Venciste (You Conquered) from "Rio Escondido" (Hidden River)

 
Artist

Leopoldo Mendez

  1902 - 1969 (biography)
Year
1947 (published in 1948) 
Technique
linocut 
Image Size
12 x 16 7/16" image 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
71/150 (from the printing numbered 51-150) 
Annotations
pencil numbered "10" (from the series of 10), lower left 
Reference
Prignitz 721; TGP catalogue #14 
Paper
Parsons Diploma Parchment, cream wove 
State
published 
Publisher
La Estampa Mexicana, edited by Hannes Meyer 
Inventory ID
15488 
Price
SOLD
Description

Done to be used as "murals" in the fim "Rio Escondido", directed by Emilio Fernandez, starring Maria Felix and photographed by Gabriel Figueroa. In this print an avenging angel pushes the caciques' and their horses off a cliff.

For more information on the artist click on the biography link above.