The First Lights (Las primeras luces)
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Leopoldo Méndez (Mexican, 1902–1969). The First Lights (Las primeras luces), 1948. Linocut on paper, sheet: 15 15/16 x 20 1/16 in. (40.4 x 50.9 cm) image: 12 x 16 1/4 in. (30.6 x 41.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Emily Winthrop Miles Fund, 1997.125.7. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
The First Lights (Las primeras luces)
Portfolio
Date
1948
Medium
Linocut on paper
Classification
Dimensions
sheet: 15 15/16 x 20 1/16 in. (40.4 x 50.9 cm) image: 12 x 16 1/4 in. (30.6 x 41.3 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower right in graphite: "Mendez"
Inscriptions
Inscribed lower left in graphite: "8"; inscribed verso in graphite: "DS-P-31" and "33927"
Credit Line
Emily Winthrop Miles Fund
Accession Number
1997.125.7
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