Miguel Gomez Medina, rare large format pictorial map of Mexico.

"Mapa Illustrado de la Republica Mexicana"

Produced in 1931 and published by Margaret Crane and Eugenio Fischgrund.

26 1/2 x 42 inches

Condition: overall good. Glued to backing board. Some spotting, foxing, wear. Please see photos.

About the artist: Medina was a Mexican illustrator and graphic artist active in the first half of the 20th century to about 1960. Gomez is the most significant Mexican proponent of the Golden Age of Pictorial Mapmaking (c. 1920 – 1960) with several significant large format pictorial maps of various parts of Mexico and Guatemala to his name. Medina was a versatile artist capable of work in a variety of different styles, with some of his work being akin to English pictorial map pioneer MacDonald Gill and other pieces reminiscent of the French illustrator Lucian Boucher. His work is also highly akin to the maps and illustrations of Uruguayan-born American artist, Jo Mora. Medina's maps and postcards were typically published by Athenaeum Fischgrund Publishing. Little is known of Medina's personal life.