"Derecho de pernada (Right to the First Night)"
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This linocut is a scene with a man stepping out of a hut. He is walking over another body with their feet facing up. The man has an expressive angry face. Every line is carved with clean precision. The background and nature swirls with trees, the man's clothes curve in a way to highlight his clothing and the floor is carved to create direction and shadow.
1996.19.04
Linocut
Paper
Permanent
1996.19
PEP Permanent Collection Fund
Gift
PEP Permanent Collection Fund
Leopoldo Mendez
Linocut
Print, Relief
Graphic Documents
Documentary Objects
Category 08: Communication Objects
12 in
17 in
BlackWhite
Arte para el pueblo: Reclaiming Our Identity in Post-Revolutionary Mexico (2020)
Cultural/Historical Context
Derecho de permada (Right to the First Night) ' Leopoldo Mendez (1902-1969) Linocut, 1948
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