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LEOPOLDO MÉNDEZ En nombre de Cristo.
Portfolio of seven lithographs, 1939. Each 350x235 mm; 13 7/8x9 1/4 inches (sheet), full margins. Each sheet signed in pencil, lower right. Printed and published by Editorial Gráfica Popular, Mexico City. Lacking complete text. Very good impressions.
In this portfolio, commissioned by the Ministry of Public Education, Méndez (1902-1969) makes a denunciation against the brutal events that marked the constant conflicts between the Church and the State during the government of Lázaro Cárdenas (1934-1940) in the post-Cristero war era.
With—Mexican Life: Graphic Masterpieces Depicting the Life and People of Mexico, portfolio of 8 photolithographs. Each 480x405 mm; 19x16 inches (sheets), full margins, loose as issued. With original paper folder. Lacking complete text. Includes photolithographs by MÉNDEZ * BELTRAN * YAMPOLSKY * DOSAMANTES * RABEL * O'HIGGINS * CATLETT * CALDERON.
