Zapata

Date: 1948

Medium: Linocut

Dimensions (cm.): 78.7 x 65.3

Variants: Some impressions are flipped with Zapata facing right. These impressions were presumably reproduced photomechanically, with image cropped at upper corner(s).

Alternate titles: Retrato de Zapata

Published edition: Unknown

Contemporary publication: The print appears framed on the wall of the home of the prisoner Lucio Reyes's mother Mamá Juanita in the film Un día de vida, directed by Emilio Fernández. Méndez also created a series of prints used for the opening and closing credits of the film.

References: Information to be added

Commentary: The image is based on a Casasola photograph

A photo exists of Méndez with the printer José Sánchez pulling an impression from the press at the TGP.

Cataloging note: A photomechanical reproduction was used for the cover of the TGP portfolio ¡Viva Zapata! 20 Grabados, published c. 1979. The image is also one of the plates in the portfolio. Zapata faces righton the cover and left on the plate.

Catalogue record number: 110