'El Rayo', a lightning bolt striking a tree, figures flee

1943

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 3/4 in. × 7 in. (22.3 × 17.8 cm) Image: 3 7/16 × 3 15/16 in. (8.8 × 10 cm)
Collection no.: 46.46.92
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

'El Rayo', a lightning bolt striking a tree, figures flee — Leopoldo Méndez. 1943.

Medium: Wood engraving. Dimensions: Sheet: 8 3/4 in. × 7 in. (22.3 × 17.8 cm) Image: 3 7/16 × 3 15/16 in. (8.8 × 10 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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