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Date: 1944
Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions (cm.): Information to be added
Published edition:
Incidentes melódicos del mundo irracional, p. 16. 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: Prignitz 459
Selected public collections: AIC; MUNAE
Cataloging note: The figure of the snail at lower left was omitted in the print as published in Incidentes melódicos.
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: 511