Soldador
Date: 1961
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions (cm.): 33.3 x 39.2
Variants:
The image illustrated in Carillo Azpeitia 1984 is flipped, with the worker facing right. It is not known whether this is a printing error or if it shows a counterproof of the lithograph. The impressions examined by the editors show the worker facing left, with the initials L.M. at lower left printed in reverse.
An alternate version, possibly a state proof, shows only outlines of the image without shading.
Alternate titles: El soldador; Industria mexicana; Soldador en Ciudad Sahagún; Obrero en la fábrica
Published edition: 10 numbered impressions. Unknown number of impressions outside the edition.
Contemporary publication: Unknown
Principal references: Academia de Artes 1804; Exposición de Homenaje 524
Selected additional references (illustrated): Barajas 2002, 141; Carrillo Azpeitia 1984, pl. 101; Centro de Estudios Económicos 1981, 62 (variant)
Selected public collections: AA; Estanquillo; IAGO; MUNAE; NMMA
Cataloging note: Impressions of the line drawing variant have the annotation “guía para color,” suggesting that it was intended as a working proof rather than as a finished version. At least one impression exists with hand coloring.
Although the image appears perfectly rectangular, it is actually slightly out of square and the dimensions vary depending on where on the image they are measured. The dimensions noted above reflect the largest set of measurements. The vertical dimensions are 32.9 cm. measured on the left side and 33.3 cm. on the right; the horizontal dimensions are 38.3 cm. measured at the top of the image and 39.2 cm. measured at the bottom.
Related works: Méndez made a series of etchings, lithographs and a linocut on the subject of workers at the railcar factory at Ciudad Sahagún.
Obras relacionadas: Méndez realizó una serie de aguafuertes, litografías, y una linoleografía con el tema de obreros de la fábrica de carros de ferrocarril en Ciudad Sahagún.
Catalogue record number: 257