El gallo ilustrado

Date: c. 1962

Medium: Linocut

Dimensions (cm.): 42.5 x 34.9 

Variants: Impressions were made in silver ink on black paper; gray ink on black paper; tan ink  black paper; brown ink; and black and silver ink on white paper. There may have been additional variants.

Alternate titles: Alegoría para el periódico El Día

Published edition: Unknown

Contemporary publication: Unknown

References: Information to be added

Cataloging note: The leftist daily newspaper El día, founded by Enrico Ramírez Ramírez, first appeared in 1962, as did its Sunday cultural supplement El gallo ilustrado, edited by Alberto Beltrán, Méndez's former colleague in the TGP. The newspaper's emblem is a strutting rooster. See Enciclopedia de la literatura en México

Catalogue record number: 492