Corrido de Don Chapulín (4)

Date: 1940

Medium: Zinc engraving, printed as a volante

Dimensions (cm.):  11.0 x 18.2 (image);  34.0 x 23.1 (sheet)

Published edition: This volante, printed on thin colored paper. Number of impressions unknown.

Contemporary publication: This volante. See published edition, above.

Principal references: Exposición de Homenaje 432 (does not specify which of 4 images); Prignitz 255-258 (4 volantes)

Selected additional references (illustrated): Reyes Palma 1994, pl. 69; Prignitz-Poda 2018, ch. Volantes; Ricker 2015, 237

Selected public collections: LACMA; MMA; MoMA; UNM

Related works: This is one of four different volantes done by Méndez on this subject, each with identical text but a different illustration. This image depicts Don Chapulín’s funeral.

Obras relacionadas: Este es uno de los cuatro volantes diferentes realizados por Méndez sobre este tema, cada uno con un texto idéntico pero con una ilustración diferente.Esta imagen representa el funeral de Don Chapulín.

Catalogue record number: 574