Leopoldo Mendez

Mexican 1903-1967

 

 

“La Siembra” 1948

Linocut

Image Size 16 ½” x 11 ¼”

Pencil Signed  $1495     

 

“La Siembra” or sowing, is one of ten Mendez images from a portfolio on which the 1950 film, “Rio Escondido” (Hidden River) was based.

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The image was later used by the Taller de Grafica Popular, of which Mendez was an active member, for a poster for the first

   Latin American conference for sovereignty, economic empowerment and peace held in Mexico City in 1961.

 

 

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