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Leopoldo Méndez
The Execution (El fusilamiento)1950

Not on view
Woodcut print with bold black linework, large figure in foreground looking upward, crowd of people overseen by uniformed guards in the distance, cannon barrels at lower left
Artist or Maker
Leopoldo Méndez
Mexico, Mexico City, 1902-1969
Title
The Execution (El fusilamiento)
Date Made
1950
Medium
Linocut
Dimensions
16 × 20 in. (40.64 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jules and Gloria Heller
Accession Number
M.2003.92.68
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Latin American Art
Provenance
Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City, 1950; Dr. Jules Heller (1919–2007), Scottsdale, Arizona; LACMA, 2003.
Selected Exhibition History
  • Under the Mexican Sky: Gabriel Figueroa—Art and Film. September 22, 2013 - February 2, 2014
  • Under the Mexican Sky: Gabriel Figueroa—Art and Film. September 22, 2013 - February 2, 2014