Poster advertising charity kitchens for the poor in Mexico City, circular image upper left showing impoverished men at a table waiting for food

Tipografía de la Escuela Industrial|Leopoldo Méndez

ca. 1930 · Woodcut, letterpress, on pink paper, backed with linen · Drawings and Prints

Poster advertising charity kitchens for the poor in Mexico City, circular image upper left showing impoverished men at a table waiting for food — Tipografía de la Escuela Industrial|Leopoldo Méndez

The attribution to Méndez derives from the inscription upper right. Peter Schneider (email February 17, 2023) agrees with the attribution pointing out the relationship of seated men at left to another print by Méndez (46.46.35).

Artist: Tipografía de la Escuela Industrial|Leopoldo Méndez
Date: ca. 1930
Medium: Woodcut, letterpress, on pink paper, backed with linen
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Jean Charlot, 1931