Peasant Birth
Primary
Leopoldo Méndez
(Mexico City, Mexico, 1902–1969)
Printer
La Estampa Mexicana
NationalityMexican, North America
Date1964
MediumEtching on heavy paper
DimensionsSheet: 14 3/8 × 19 1/2 in. (36.5 × 49.5 cm)
Additional Dimension: 9 1/4 × 13 1/4 in. (23.5 × 33.6 cm)
Image: 9 1/4 × 13 1/4 in. (23.5 × 33.6 cm)
Additional Dimension: 9 1/4 × 13 1/4 in. (23.5 × 33.6 cm)
Image: 9 1/4 × 13 1/4 in. (23.5 × 33.6 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Thomas Cranfill, 1977; Transfer from the Harry Ransom Center, 1982.1019
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1982.1019
On View
Not on view![Sudor de sangre [Sweat of Blood], no. 1 from 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez](/internal/media/dispatcher/7507/thumbnail)
![Sueño de los pobres, del álbum 25 grabados de Leopoldo Méndez [Sleep of the Poor, from the portfolio 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez]](/internal/media/dispatcher/7601/thumbnail)
![Concierto de locos [Fools Concert], no. 5 from 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez](/internal/media/dispatcher/7693/thumbnail)
![El "Juan", del álbum 25 grabados de Leopoldo Méndez [Soldier, from the portfolio 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez]](/internal/media/dispatcher/7704/thumbnail)
![Establero [Stableman], no. 9 from 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez](/internal/media/dispatcher/7736/thumbnail)
![El preso [Prisoner], no. 10 from 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez](/internal/media/dispatcher/7516/thumbnail)
![Ilustración para un Corrido [Illustration for a Popular Song], no. 13 from 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez](/internal/media/dispatcher/7534/thumbnail)
![Niñas tejedoras [The Weavers], no. 14 from 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez](/internal/media/dispatcher/7543/thumbnail)
![Juárez [Juarez], no. 17 from 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez](/internal/media/dispatcher/7568/thumbnail)
![El nido del buitre [The Vulture's Nest], no. 18 from 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez](/internal/media/dispatcher/7579/thumbnail)
![La carta [The Letter], no. 21 from 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez](/internal/media/dispatcher/9227/thumbnail)
![Por enseñar a leer [For Teaching Them to Read], no. 22 from 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez](/internal/media/dispatcher/7631/thumbnail)