About This Artwork

Leopoldo Méndez
Mexican, 1902-1969
printed by the artist at El Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City
published by La Estampa Mexicana
illustrations for the book Incidentes Melódicos del Mundo Irracional by Juan de la Cabada

The Buzzard Waits to Devour the Victims, plate 7 from Méndez: 25 Prints, 1945

Wood engraving on grayish-ivory China paper
98 x 130 mm (image)
Gift of Carl O. Schniewind, 2006.275.7