Head of a man who grows out of a Chicle tree, cover for 'Tierra del Chicle' by Ramón Beteta

1937

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 1/4 in. (27.8 × 21 cm) Image: 6 7/8 × 4 15/16 in. (17.5 × 12.5 cm)
Collection no.: 46.46.62
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Head of a man who grows out of a Chicle tree, cover for 'Tierra del Chicle' by Ramón Beteta — Leopoldo Méndez. 1937.

Medium: Woodcut. Dimensions: Sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 1/4 in. (27.8 × 21 cm) Image: 6 7/8 × 4 15/16 in. (17.5 × 12.5 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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