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Venustiano Carranza standing above a canopy sheltering seated men celebrating the proclamation of the modern Mexican constitution on 5 February 1917, illustration for the 'Corridos de la revolución' by Celestino Herrera Frimont

Leopoldo Méndez · 1934

Leopoldo Méndez: Mexican, 1902 - 1969

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Venustiano Carranza standing above a canopy sheltering seated men celebrating the proclamation of the modern Mexican constitution on 5 February 1917, illustration for the 'Corridos de la revolución' by Celestino Herrera Frimont

1934

Woodcut · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Woodcut
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Sheet: 8 3/4 × 6 7/16 in. (22.2 × 16.3 cm) Image: 6 5/16 × 4 1/8 in. (16 × 10.5 cm)
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46.46.45
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Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Venustiano Carranza standing above a canopy sheltering seated men celebrating the proclamation of the modern Mexican constitution on 5 February 1917, illustration for the 'Corridos de la revolución' by Celestino Herrera Frimont — Leopoldo Méndez. 1934.

Medium: Woodcut. Dimensions: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 6 7/16 in. (22.2 × 16.3 cm) Image: 6 5/16 × 4 1/8 in. (16 × 10.5 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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