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MUNDO DE JOSE LUIS CUEVAS 1969 Fuentes Mexican Ar

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Condition/Details: Bound in brown cloth with bright black and gilt embossing, this volume is a scarce collection of the artwork of the Mexican draftsman. Cuevas played a pivotal role in Latin America's drawing and printmaking renaissance of the sixties and seventies. He is also associated with Latin America's neofigurative movement, along with artists such as Fernando Botero and Antonio Segui. "Cuevas' work was influenced by the graphic art of Goya and Picasso as well as by Posada and Orozco, whose representations of deformed creatures, degraded humanity and prostitutes were of particular thematic interest. Over the years, he has paid homage to his favorite painters as well as writers, such as Dostoevsky, Kafka, Quevedo and Sade, in numerous series of drawings and prints. Cuevas has said that his drawing represents the solitude and isolation of contemporary man and man's inability to communicate. It is for this reason that he often distorts and transforms the human figure to the point of uniqueness." (Quotation from ArtNet). The 38-page text by Carlos Fuentes appears alongside the English translation. Inscription contained over pencil drawing on half-title page reads: "Para Selden/ Rodman/ amigo de anyos (spelling adapted, see image)/Cuevas2-V-/1973". Selden Rodman, a champion of folk and figural art, traveled extensively in Latin America in the sixties and seventies, and wrote numerous travel guides. The volume shows light external age/wear, and is solidly bound with clean pages. Dustjacket has some minor soiling. The book measures approximately 11" x 14" and contains 47 pages plus 71 plates on unpaginated pages. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $6.50

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