Señor Ardilla dentro de la calabaza
Date: 1943
Medium: Scratchboard engraving?
Dimensions (cm.): 8.0 x 12.0
Alternate titles: Cacomixtle dentro de la calabaza; El entierro del señor ardilla; Muevo mis quijadas; Muevo mi quijada; Don Ardilla devorando una calabaza
Published edition:
Incidentes melódicos del mundo irracional, p. 17. Illustrated book published by La Estampa Mexicana and printed at the Talleres Gráficos de la Nación, 1944, in an edition of 1,200, 178 of which were numbered. Promotional materials stated that the images were printed from the original blocks.
Additional impressions, signed and unsigned, were printed outside the edition. Number of impressions unknown.
Contemporary publication: Incidentes melodicos del mundo irracional. See above.
Principal references: Exposición de Homenaje 637; Méndez INBA 129; Prignitz 460
Selected public collections: AA; AIC; MUNAE; NMMA
Related works: Méndez made numerous illustrations for Incidentes melódicos del mundo irracional and in addition, created several related illustrations that were not used in the book.
Obras relacionadas: Méndez realizó numerosas ilustraciones para Incidentes melódicos del mundo irracional y además, creó algunas ilustraciones relacionadas que no se utilizaron en el libro.
Catalogue record number: 520