Sowing (La siembra)

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Sowing (La siembra)

Mexico, Mexico City, 1948
Prints; linocuts
Linocut
Image (per Paper Conservation 01/04/22): 15 7/8 × 11 15/16 in. (40.32 × 30.32 cm) Sheet (per Paper Conservation 01/04/22): 17 × 19 1/2 in. (43.18 × 49.53 cm) Mat: 18 × 22 in. (45.72 × 55.88 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ben and Shirley Berman (M.2001.15.2)
Latin American Art
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

Leopoldo Méndez created this linocut for the opening credits of the film Pueblerina, directed by Emilio Fernández (1904–1986) and shot by Gabriel Figueroa (1907–1997)—two greats of the Gold

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Leopoldo Méndez created this linocut for the opening credits of the film Pueblerina, directed by Emilio Fernández (1904–1986) and shot by Gabriel Figueroa (1907–1997)—two greats of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Film collaborations offered a new creative avenue to Méndez, who had long aspired to make graphic murals and to create prints on a large scale. In this image, the artist represents the film’s protagonists at work sowing a field. Employing a low-angle perspective, Méndez endows the work with a monumental quality that would be further enhanced by its projection on the movie screen.


Rachel Kaplan, 2023
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Exhibition history

  • Under the Mexican Sky: Gabriel Figueroa—Art and Film Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, September 22, 2013 - February 2, 2014
  • Pressing Politics: Revolutionary Graphics from Mexico and Germany Los Angeles, CA, Charles White Elementary School, October 29, 2022 - July 22, 2023