Señor Ardilla dentro de la calabaza
Date: 1943? 1944?
Medium: Scratchboard engraving?
Dimensions (cm.): 8.0 x 12.0
Alternate titles: Cacomixtle dentro de la calabaza; El entierro del señor ardilla; Muevo mis quejadas; Muevo mi quijada
Published edition:
Incidentes melódicos del mundo irracional, p. 17. Illustrated book published by La Estampa Mexicana and printed at the Talleres Gráficos de la Nación, 1944, in an edition of 1,200, 178 of which were numbered. Promotional materials stated that the images were printed from the original blocks.
Additional impressions, signed and unsigned, were printed outside the edition. Number of impressions unknown.
Contemporary publication: Incidentes melodicos del mundo irracional. See above.
References: Exposición de Homenaje 465; Prignitz 460
Cataloging note: In the book, the image accompanies a song with lyrics that include the refrain “Muevo mis quijadas,” suggesting that this may be the print, described as a scratchboard engraving, with the title Muevo mis quijadas (Méndez INBA 129) and Muevo mi quijada (Exposición de Homenaje 637).
Catalogue record number: 520