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Collections

Leopoldo Méndez
Hunger in Mexico City in 1914–15 (El hambre en la ciudad de México, en 1914-15)1947

Not on view
Woodcut print with bold black lines showing a cloaked figure, crouching child, and two standing children in an open plaza, with figures over a carcass and a city skyline in the distance
Artist or Maker
Leopoldo Méndez
Mexico, Mexico City, 1902-1969
Title
Hunger in Mexico City in 1914–15 (El hambre en la ciudad de México, en 1914-15)
Date Made
1947
Medium
Linocut
Dimensions
10 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (26.99 × 40.01 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jules and Gloria Heller
Accession Number
M.2003.92.53
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Latin American Art
Provenance
Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City, 1947; Dr. Jules Heller (1919–2007), Scottsdale, Arizona, 1947; LACMA, 2003.