Cover for 'A La Sombra del Claustro: La Historia de una Monja' by Leon Barradas

1944

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Photo-mechanical offset
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 13/16 × 9 13/16 in. (19.9 × 25 cm)
Collection no.: 46.46.65
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Cover for 'A La Sombra del Claustro: La Historia de una Monja' by Leon Barradas — Leopoldo Méndez. 1944.

Medium: Photo-mechanical offset. Dimensions: Sheet: 7 13/16 × 9 13/16 in. (19.9 × 25 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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