Mariscal S. Timoshenko
Date: 1942
Medium: Lithograph, printed as a poster
Dimensions (cm.): 43.0 x 34.5 (image); 47.6 x 63.4 (sheet)
Horizontal format with text: Mariscal S. Timoshenko (this entry)
Horizontal format with text: Mariscal S. Timoshenko sus triunfos son los nuestros
Vertical format with text: Simeon Timoshenko. Field Marshal of the Red Army of the U.S.S.R.
Vertical format with text: Simeon Timoshenko. Mariscal de Campo del Ejército Rojo de la U.R.S.S.
Alternate titles: Mariscal S. Timoshenko. Sus triunfos son los nuestros
Published edition: All known impressions of this variant were pulled by hand at the TGP on cotton wove with deckle edge. Number of impressions unknown but small. Variant 2, containing the same image with additional text, was printed commercially on papel revolución, likely using a photomechanical process. Number of impressions unknown.
Contemporary publication:
This poster. See published edition, above.
Revista Futuro no. 76, (junio 1942), p. 12 (portrait only, without letters)
Principal references: Prignitz 50b
Cataloging note: Méndez made three different lithograph portraits of Timoshenko. Variants 1 and 2 use the same image, varying only in the text and dimensions. The image in variant 3 differs in subtle ways, most noticeably in the treatment of the collar and shoulders. The image in variant 4 differs more substantially, notably showing shadows on the opposite side of the face.
Nota de catalogación: Méndez realizó tres retratos litográficos diferentes de Timoshenko. Las variantes 1 y 2 utilizan la misma imagen, variando solo en el texto y las dimensiones. La imagen de la variante 3 difiere en detalles sutiles, sobre todo en el tratamiento del cuello y los hombros. La imagen de la variante 4 difiere de manera más sustancial, mostrando notablemente sombras en el lado opuesto del rostro.
Catalogue record number: 286