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The Vengeance of the People

A work made of wood engraving in black on grayish-ivory china paper.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico City

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  • A work made of wood engraving in black on grayish-ivory china paper.

Date:

1942

Artist:

Leopoldo Méndez
Mexican, 1902-1969

About this artwork

With more than two dozen illustrations by 11 artists of the Taller de Gráfica Popular, The Black Book of Nazi Terror in Europe (1943) was the group’s most important antifascist collaboration with the European exile community in Mexico. Supported by the government of Manuel Ávila Camacho, this groundbreaking book extensively documented Nazi atrocities through testimonies, statistics, photographs, and illustrations, with contributions by well-known European, American, and Latin American writers and artists. Many of the Taller’s illustrations were also produced as individual prints. 

Español:El libro negro del terror nazi en Europa (1943) constituyó la colaboración antifascista más importante del Taller de Gráfica Popular con la comunidad europea exiliada en México. En él se incluyeron más de dos docenas de ilustraciones realizadas por once de sus miembros. Con el apoyo del gobierno de Manuel Ávila Camacho, este emblemático libro documenta ampliamente las atrocidades nazis a través de testimonios, estadísticas, fotografías e ilustraciones, y mediante contribuciones de afamados artistas y escritores europeos, estadounidenses y latinoamericanos. Muchas de las ilustraciones del Taller fueron también publicadas como grabados sueltos. 

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Leopoldo Méndez

Title

The Vengeance of the People

Place

Mexico (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1942

Medium

Wood engraving in black on grayish-ivory China paper

Dimensions

Image: 25.3 × 20.2 cm (10 × 8 in.); Sheet: 35.5 × 30 cm (14 × 11 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection

Reference Number

1942.715

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico City

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