'Con Bisulfuro de Carbono', a weevil wearing a sombrero raising his arms as a giant bottle of carbon bisulfite pours onto him, illustration to the 'Monografía del gorgojo'
1942
- Dating
- Exact year
- Medium
- Linocut
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 13 3/8 × 9 1/4 in. (34 × 23.5 cm) Image: 6 7/8 × 6 11/16 in. (17.5 × 17 cm)
- Collection no.
- 46.46.88
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
'Con Bisulfuro de Carbono', a weevil wearing a sombrero raising his arms as a giant bottle of carbon bisulfite pours onto him, illustration to the 'Monografía del gorgojo' — Leopoldo Méndez. 1942.
Medium: Linocut. Dimensions: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 9 1/4 in. (34 × 23.5 cm) Image: 6 7/8 × 6 11/16 in. (17.5 × 17 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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