Artist: Leopoldo Mendez (Mexican, 1902 - 1969). Title: "Homenaje a Posada [for the MRM]". Medium: Direct letterpress printing from a linograph. Date: Composed 1953. Printed 1958. Dimensions: Overall size: 18 1/2 x 25 3/8 in. (470 x 645 mm). Image size: 10 3/4 x 23 1/2 in. (273 x 597 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed in the matrix with the initials "LM", lower leftt. Edition unknown, very few printed, less than a handful survive. Printed on thin green wove paper. Wide (full?) margins. Fine impression. Overall very good to fine condition; mailing folds, else fine. Provenance: The Estate of Jaled Muyaes. Comment(s): A very rare Mendez printing. We could find no records at auction or with dealers for other impressions of this work. The Revolutionary Movement of the Magisterium (MRM) was formed in Mexico in 1958. The movement was broad in character. Teachers, intellectuals, workers, professionals, and members of the Mexican Communist Party participated in a series of strikes to further their goals. Their fundamental demands centered on the right of the rank and file to democratically appoint their union representatives, the improvement of the economic and social conditions of teachers, and the vindication of the importance of the teacher’s social function in Mexican society. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico City. [30308-0-1500]