Vista de Zaragoza

Date: 1954

Medium: Linocut

Dimensions (cm.): Information to be added

Published edition: Unknown

Contemporary publication: Intertitle in film La rosa blanca,  (dir. Emilio Fernández, 1954)

References: Exposición de Homenaje 496

Commentary:  Méndez used an intricate graphic style for the 1954 film La rosa blanca. The prints for the film reconstruct scenes from the life and travels of the nineteenth-century Cuban revolutionary writer, José Martí (1853-1895), and Méndez employed a graphic style that corresponded to the era in which Martí lived. The prints are among the most detailed that Méndez ever produced, with delicate, fine lines and accurate perspective. Catedral de la Habana (Havana Cathedral), Puente de Brooklyn (Brooklyn Bridge), and Vista de Zaragoza (View of Zaragoza) reveal Méndez’s skill in delineating architectural form and texture as well as his ability to create atmospheric effects. (Deborah Caplow)

Catalogue record number: 211