"Rio Escondido" portfolio of ten linoleum engravings (pictured: Plate 1: "El Bruto" - The Brute)

 

Leopoldo Mendez

  1902 - 1969 (biography)

1948  

linoleum engravings 

16 1/4 x 20 1/2" portfolio cover 

each engraving is pencil signed by Mendez in the lower right 

portfolio issued in an edition of 100, numbered 51-150; this being number 59 

The folio cover has a typeset introduction by Mendez 

Prignitz 713-722 

ivory wove Parsons Diploma Parchment 

published 

La Estampa Mexicana, Mexico, D.F. 

PAKA101a 

SOLD

According to Deborah Caplow, Mendez began his collaboration with the famed director, Emilio Fernandez in 1947 for the film Rio Escondido. The linocuts, Mendez's interpretations of the theme of the film, were shown full screen as backdrops for the film's title and credits. In 1948, Mendez's linocuts were published in the portfolio Rio Escondido. The individual titles and their dimensions follow:
Brute
12-1/16 x 16-1/2" image
2.
Master of Everything
12-1/16 x 16-3/8" image
3.
I Thirst
12-1/16 x 16-5/16" image
4.
The Earth, Too Drinks Thy Blood
12 x 16-5/16" image
5.
Solitude
12 x 16-5/16" image
6.
Beasts
12 x 16 5/16" image
7.
Little School Teacher

How Immense Is Thy Will
12-1/8 x 16-3/8" image
8.
First Lights
12 x 16-5/16" image
9.
Torches
12 x 1-3/8" image
10.
You Conquered
12-1/8 x 16-7/16" image


From the collection of TGP artist, Seymour Kaplan. You can view all of the images on our website under the numbers PAKA101a through PAKA101j. From the estate of American/Mexican printmaker and early TGP founder Seymour Kaplan
10/21/11