A la orilla de este río (sheet with proofs of 8 etchings from one plate)
Date: 1963
Medium: Etching
Dimensions (cm.): 27.6 x 51.2 (platemark)
Variants:
See cataloging note, below
Alternate titles: Unknown. This title supplied by the editors
Published edition:
Six of the images (illustrations for chapters 4, 5, 9, 13, 14, and 15) are plates 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 10 respectively of portfolio Leopoldo Méndez. Diez aguafuertes, published in a signed and numbered edition of 20.
An unknown number of additional impressions were pulled of each individual image.
Contemporary publication: Manuel Maples Arce, A la orilla de este río (Madrid: Editorial Plenitud, 1964) (illustrations for chapters 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, and 15)
Principal references: Information to be added
Selected additional references (illustrated): Maples Arce 1970, pls. 78-80
Selected public collections: Estanquillo (intaglio and relief); IAGO (relief)
Cataloging note: This plate contains eight of the illustrations for Maples Arce's book. Although the etchings appear to be in their final state, Méndez apparently divided the plate into separate pieces after printing this proof, allowing each etching to have its own plate mark. The sheet is reproduced here twice so that the images can all be seen in their correct orientation.
Related works: Méndez’s involvement with the book project yielded many illustrations as well as alternate versions, illustrations not used in the book, and sheets of proofs.
Obras relacionadas: La participación de Méndez en el proyecto del libro dio como resultado numerosas ilustraciones, así como versiones alternativas, ilustraciones no utilizadas en el libro y hojas de pruebas.
Catalogue record number: 793