El Gallo Ilustrado

Date: c. 1962

Medium: Linocut

Dimensions (cm.): 42.5 x 34.9 

Variants: Impressions were printed in silver ink on black paper; gray ink on black paper; tan ink on black paper; brown ink; and black and silver ink on white paper. There may have been additional color variants.

Alternate titles: Alegoría para el periódico El Día

Published edition: Unknown

Contemporary publication: Unknown

Principal references: Exposición de Homenaje 552

Cataloging note: The leftist daily newspaper El Día, founded by Enrique Ramírez y Ramírez, first appeared in 1962, as did its Sunday cultural supplement El Gallo Ilustrado, edited by Alberto Beltrán, Méndez's former colleague in the TGP. The newspaper's emblem is a strutting rooster. See Enciclopedia de la literatura en México.

Catalogue record number: 492