La carta (1)
Date: 1941
Medium: Block print
Dimensions (cm.): 14.5 x 12.2
Variants:
Black ink
Dark green ink
Alternate titles: Wozu?
Published edition: Unknown. Méndez [1949?] gives number of impressions of Méndez INBA 74 as 175 approx.
Contemporary publication: Publicity sheet for Freies Deutschland/Alemania Libre, 1941
References: Exposición de Homenaje 443 or 444, Méndez INBA 39 or 74
Cataloging note: Méndez made two versions of La carta. It is unknown which of the versions corresponds to each of the reference numbers above. This version, dated 1941 on at least one impression, is the first, and was used to publicize the first issue of Freies Deutschland/Alemania Libre, a monthly magazine published in Mexico City from 1941 to 1946 by anti-Nazi German exiles. (Contrary to some sources, it was not used as the cover illustration.) The second version is dated 1943 on at least one impression.
Catalogue record number: 504