Ávila Camacho

Date: 1944

Medium: Linocut

Dimensions (cm.): 24.7 x 17.5

Alternate titles: Lic. Manuel Ávila Camacho

Published edition: Unknown

Contemporary publication: Revista Tricolor no. 11, 2 diciembre 1944, cover

References: Information to be added

Commentary: As the art director of the magazine Tricolor, edited by Hernán Laborde, Méndez created cover illustrations for four issues in November and December of 1944 featuring portraits of the Allied leaders Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Mexican President Manuel Ávila Camacho. 

Portraits of the four leaders, likely these by Méndez, decorated the meeting hall of the inaugural meeting of the Jewish communist organization, Idishe Folks-Ligue in Meksike (“Liga Popular Israelita de México;” “Jewish People's League in Mexico”) on January 21, 1945. The featured speaker was Soviet ambassador Konstantin Umansky, who was to perish in a plane crash just four days later. See Wikipedia article on the Folks-Ligue. (Peter Schneider)

Catalogue record number: 366