ID: 700001635 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001635	Record Type: Movable Work

[León de la Barra, "el Presidente Blanco," 1911] (linocut (print); Leopoldo Méndez (Mexican painter, illustrator, and drafts...; Published: 1960; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2723-195; 723195; accession number: 2007.PR.54*;)

Note: Plate 67 from the portfolio: 450 años de lucha : homenaje al pueblo mexicano. México, D.F. : Taller de Gráfica Popular, 1960; "Este portafolio se imprimió con los grabados originales [...]. La impresión fue hecha en los talleres graficos de la Nación, S.C. de P.E. y R. S. La edición consta de 5,000 ejemplares. 200 numerados y firmados por los artistas. Se terminó el día 31 de diciembre de 1960, en la Ciudad de Mexico, D.F."--cover flap of portfolio; Title from the Indice de los grabados con notas históricas in the portfolio; Mexican printmaker; First issued in 1945, the plate is related to the despised role played by Francisco León de la Barra, who served as interim president of Mexico in 1911 and later as a secretary in the government of José Victoriano Huerta Márquez; Gift of Stuart and Beverly Denenberg; Library has another impression of the plate in: 450 años de lucha : homenaje al pueblo mexicano. México, D.F. : Taller de Gráfica Popular, 1960. Publication: [1960].

Titles:

[León de la Barra, "el Presidente Blanco," 1911] (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)

[León de la Barra, "el Presidente Blanco," 1911]; [graphic] / grabado de Leopoldo Méndez. (C,U,undetermined,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

linocut (print) [300041393] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, relief prints)

print (visual work) [300041273]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: Published: 1960

Creator Display:

Leopoldo Méndez (Mexican painter, illustrator, and draftsman, 1902-1968) [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Méndez, Leopoldo (Mexican painter, illustrator, and draftsman, 1902-1968) [500111715]

Locations:

Current: Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500353615] Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2723-195; 723195; accession number: 2007.PR.54*

Credit Line: copyright J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Special Collections

Address Note: 1200 Getty Center Dr., Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688

Display Materials: [1] leaf of plate on salmon-colored paper: linocut, b&w

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

	linoleum block printing [300060720]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, relief printing processes)

	black-and-white (colors) [300265434]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), neutrals (colors))

Dimensions: 40.3 x 27.3 cm

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	León de la Barra, Francisco (Mexican president, 1836-1939) [500354552]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	México [7005560]
	.....(North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

Provenance: sdenenberg; Gift.

Inscriptions: grabado de Leopoldo Méndez. "Este portafolio se imprimió con los grabados originales [...]. La impresión fue hecha en los talleres graficos de la Nación, S.C. de P.E. y R. S. La edición consta de 5,000 ejemplares. 200 numerados y firmados por los artistas. Se terminó el día 31 de diciembre de 1960, en la Ciudad de Mexico, D.F."--cover flap of portfolio;

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
[León de la Barra, "el Presidente Blanco," 1911]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 723195
[León de la Barra, "el Presidente Blanco," 1911]; [graphic] / grabado de Leopoldo Méndez.	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]

....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Note:
English	..... [GRISC,VP]
	..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)