'Campanitas de Plata' (a children's book)

Author Mariano Silva y Aceves Mexican
 Francisco Díaz de León Mexican

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 691

Díaz de León is best known for his work as a book illustrator and designer. He took up printmaking in 1922 when he attended the open-air school in Coyoacán. The fifty-four illustrations for this children’s book represent his first attempt at woodcut.



Díaz de León es conocido, sobre todo, por su trabajo como ilustrador de libros y diseñador. Se aficionó a las artes gráficas en 1922, cuando asistió a la escuela al aire libre de Coyoacán. Las cincuenta y cuatro ilustraciones creadas para este libro infantil representan sus primeros tanteos con la xilografía. Este grabado cuenta la historia de un grupo de peces que insultaban a las vacas que se bebían su agua.

'Campanitas de Plata' (a children's book), Mariano Silva y Aceves (Mexican, 1887–1937), Woodcut and letterpress

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