UNIVERSIDAD MENSUAL DE CULTURA POPULAR. NUM. 22, TOMO IV
México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional, 1937. b/w plates, wrps. Devoted to art, architecture, literature, cinema published by the University. In 1929, when the University became autonomous, the concept of extension of culture was incorporated into the university mission, and the University created various agencies and dependencies with the purpose of extending university cultural heritage to Mexican society. The then rector Ignacio García Téllez supported the foundation of the Center for Social Action of University Students - whose headquarters was under... Read More
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MEXICAN FOLKWAYS. REVISTA TRIMESTRAL DEDICADA A USOS Y COSTUMBRES MEXICANAS. 1927, VOL. 3, NO'S 2, 3 .; Eds.: Frances Toor and Diego Rivera
México: Mexican Folkways, 1927. (Covers on some individual issues separated and/or worn; some with chipping on edges of wrappers,. b/w plates, mus. nots., pict. wrps. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT. One of the most famous art periodicals ever produced in Mexico. Diego Rivera was the artistic director and executed all of the cover designs. 1927 was the first issue of the larger format. Sold as a set.
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RARY ART.INSITE_05 FARSITES: URBAN CRISIS AND DOMESTIC SYMPTOMS IN RECENT CONTEMPO; Adriano Pedrosa, et al.
Tijuana, San Diego: InSite; Centro Cultural Tijuana, CECUT; San Diego Museum of Art ; Installation Gallery, 2005. color plates, ports., cat, map, ind., color pict. wrps. Unprecedented two-city exhibition of international contemporary art explores moments of urban crisis. Curated by Adriano Pedrosa, who is based in São Paulo, Farsites brings together more than 50 artists from the Americas, as well as Europe and Africa who work in a range of media, from photography to installation. Although a few works... Read More
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![DJANIRA: PICTURING BRAZIL.; Edited by: Adrian Pedrosa, Isabella Rjeille, Rodrigo Moura. Texts: Adriano Pedrosa [and 11 others]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/119/030/1528030119.0.m.jpg)
DJANIRA: PICTURING BRAZIL.; Edited by: Adrian Pedrosa, Isabella Rjeille, Rodrigo Moura. Texts: Adriano Pedrosa [and 11 others]
São Paulo: Museu de Arte de São Paulo, MASP, 2019. b/w and color plates, ports., facs., cat., bibliographical references (pages 300-[303]), illus. endpapers, color pict. boards. [PRE-ORDER] Published on the occsion of the retrospective held March 1 - May 19, 2019 at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo, MASP and in June 28 - October 27, 2019 at the Instituto Casa Roberto Marinho, in Rio de Janeiro. Most comprehensive monograph dedicated to Djanira da Motta e Silva (Avaré,... Read More
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OMAR GANDHI: ADAPTACIÓN = ADAPTATION; Textos: Omar Gandhi, Jimenez Lai, John Leroux
México, D.F.: Arquine, 2020. b/w and color plates, plans, elevations, bios., wrps. Omar Gandhi is the director of Omar Gandhi Architect, an architecture office founded in 2010 with small teams in Halifax and Toronto, Canada. He was chosen as one of the 2016 Emerging Voices by the Architectural League of New York and was named Assistant Professor of Louis I. Kahn in Architectural Design at the Yale School of Architecture. This publication shows the work built in the office... Read More
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9º SALÃO DA BAHIA
Bahia: Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, 2003. b/w and color plates, draws., tbls., bio/chrons., color fldg. wrps, clear d.j. Exhibition that is a showcase for contemporary art in the Bahia region of Brazil, 31 artists. Exhibition includes: electronic art, installation art, video arts, photography, sculpture.
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VIAGEM AO BRASIL DE ALEXANDRE RODRIGUES FERREIRA. A EXPEDIÇÃO PHILOSOPHICA PELAS CAPITANIAS DO PARÁ, RIO NEGRO, MATO GROSSO E CUYABÁ; Documentos do Museu bocage de Lisboa. Introdução por Carlos Almaça. Notícia sobre Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira e su obra por José Pereira da Silva. A Iconografia da "Viagem Philosophica", Transcrição e Comentários por Dante Martins Teixeira & Nelson Papavero. Volume I e II
São Paulo: Kapa Editorial, 2002. color plates, facs., color pict. fldg. wrps., color pict. cardboard slipcase. Handsome facsimile, with transcriptions and study, of the scientific voyage in 1790/91 of Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira (b. Salvador 1756, d. 1815) to Pará, Rio Negro, Mato Grosso and Cuiabá. One of the results was the production of fantastic drawings and paintings of people, birds, fish, mammals, cities, forts, rivers and landscapes. These facsimiles are an important reference to the people, fauna, and landscapes... Read More
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JOAQUIN TORRES GARCIA: ESCRITOS.; Selección analítica y prólogo, Juan Fló. Colección Ensayo y testimonioa
Montevideo: Editorial Arca, 1974. (marginal wear in wrappers with some foxing and chipping, not affecting text or plates, 1 in. section missing in lower spine, 1 1/2 inch tear in upper front spine, o/w a good copy). b/w plates, facs., draws., bibliographical references, ind., wrps. A selection of mostly brief fragments of larger texts written by master artist Joaquin Torres-García (b. Uruguay 1874-1949),"that ordered by topic, provide a precise but not impoverished scheme of the thoughts of the... Read More
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EXPOSICIÓN PEDRO FIGARI, 1861-1938.; Organizada por la Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes
Montevideo: Salon Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1945. plus aprx. 100 b/w plates, cat., wrps.
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MEXICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM, TARJETAS DE VISITA
(clasps missing). 44 original photographs on tarjetas de visitas in contemporary album of full calf, embossed decorations with gold stamping. Includes 44 pictures and photos of Pope Léon XIII, Isidro Hernandez, Santa Anna, family photos of men, women and children dated from 1872-1884. Most have manuscript inscriptions to the Donaciano y Praxeditas, Landín, Prajedis Cosio de Perez families.
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MEXICAN MENU: BODEGAS DE SANTO TOMAS, FUNDADAS EN 1888: VINOS FINOS DE MESA. ENSENADA, B.CA, MEXICO
México, D.F.: [publisher not identified], 1938. color plate. Printed vintage color lithography sheets with advertising for wine and used for resturant menus. Blank.
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LA VIDA INVADE LAS PALABRAS: MIGUEL CARINI
Spain: Museo Casa de los Tiros, Granada (2006); Monasterio de Santa Inés, Sevilla (2007); Museo de Almería (2007), 2006. color plates, ind., color pict. wrps. Exhibition catalogue of paintings of Carini (b. Buenos Aires; lives and works in Spain).
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MEXICAN MENU: ESPECIALIDADES: CON SUS HELADOS PIDA UD. GALLETAS "CASA
México, D.F.: [publisher not identified], 1940. color plate. Printed vintage color lithography sheets with advertising and used for resturant menus. Blank.
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REVISTA DE BELLAS ARTES. NUEVA ÉPOCA. NO. 7
México: Secretaria de Educación Publica; Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1973. (one copy has sign inscription on title page). b/w plates, portraits, illustrations, color pictorial wrappers. ISSN: 0185-3570. OCLC: 2266971. Issue published six numbers a year, devoted to art, literature and culture.
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FORTUNE
New York: Fortune, 1938. b/w and color plates, illus., map, graphs, advts., pict. wrps. This issue of Fortune Magazine features a story about the political situation in Mexico during the administration of President Lázaro Cardenas entitled, "Mexico in Revolution " (pages 74-86, 124-140). The article includes three paintings by Diego Rivera (pages 74, 75, 82). The article is part of a series that the magazine described in the following way, "Early this year Fortune began a series of articles... Read More
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ALBUM DE ANIMALES MEXICANOS
México: Librería Teorema, 2002. color plates, illus. wrps. Reprodution of original 1944 edition by the Ediciones de la Secretaria de Educacion Publica. Illustrations by Gabriel Fernandez Ledesma. LIMITED EDITION OF 100.
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PRINTER'S BLOCK. COUPLE DANCING
México. Original block mounted on wood.
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ESPOSICION QUE HACE EL SECRETARIO DE ESTADO EN EL DESPACHO DE GUERRA I MARINA, SOBRE LOS NEGOCIOS DE SU DEPARTAMENTO, AL CONGRESO CONSTITUCIONAL DE LA NUEVA GRANADA EN 1840
Bogotá, Imp. por J. A. Cualla, 1840, 19p., fldg. tables.
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VIDA DE SAN FELIPE DE JESUS, PROTOMARTIR DE JAPON Y PATRON DE SU PATRIA MEXICO
México: Oficinas Madrileña, 1801. (Lacks first edition text volume, but is accompanied by Second Edition Facsimile of text and plates, bound in leather).. plus 2 loose plates, bound in tree calf, deckled edges, 32 b/w plates by Montes de Oca, 1 added plate (p. 28) not part of original and not by Montes de Oca, some plates out of order. Documentation of the life of San Felipe de Jesus, copy genuine despite some variations. Mexico's first and only... Read More
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CALACAS DEL PROFE "TRINO
Guadalajara, Mexico: Ediciones Viagra, 2002. b/w illus., illus. wrps. Series of Calaveras illustrated by Trinidad Hernández Audave with humorous refranes.
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FAVORITE FOODS BY CIRCLE NO. 7 OF BROOKLYN HEIGHTS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
San Diego, CA: Circle #7, Brooklyn Heights Presbyterian Church, 1950. recipes, spiral wrps.
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EL FOTOGRAFO MEXICANO: REVISTA DEDICADA A LOS FOTOGRAFOS DE MÉXICO, TOMO IV, Nº 26
México, D.F.: Kodak Mexicana, 1937. (Some foxing and marginal wear; water damage, some affecting plates and texts; o/w good copy). color plates, ports., advts., ind., b/w pict. d.j. A bi-monthly photo magazine with expert advice for beginners and professional photographers with how-to tips on photography techniques, lab materials and security, equipment and costs. CONTENTS: Los filtros polarizantes Eastman y su uso en la fotografía -- Revelar a densidad correcta -- Un estilo original por desarrollar -- Retratos de... Read More
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MARIO ALGAZE: CUBA 1999-2000; Curated by Malin Barth
New York: Throckmorton Fine Art, 2001. rice paper endpaper, b/w plates, biography/chronology, folding pictorial wrappers. Exhibition catalogue of the photography of Mario Algaze (b. Cuba 1947, in U.S. from 1960-present). SIGNED COPY BY PHOTOGRAPHER.
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SALON DEL GRABADO 1942
México, D.F.: Galería de Arte Decoración, 1942. (marginal wear in wrappers, partly detached wrps, ink marks. not affecting text). b/w plates, cat., bibl., pict. wrps. SCARCE catalogue of Mexican graphic art.
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ERNESTO NETO: SOPLO = ERNESTO NETO: SOPLO.; Curadoria: Jochen Volz, Valeria Piccoli. Textos: Clarissa Diniz, Elis Lagrou
São Paulo: Pinacoteca de São Paulo, 2019. b/w and color plates, facs., draws., cat., color pict. wrps. "Exposição realizada na Pinacoteca de São Paulo de 30 de março a 15 de julho de 2019"--Colophon. After its premiere at the Pinacoteca, the exhibition will be hosted by the Malba Museum of Latin American Art in Buenos Aires, Argentina and by the Palacio de La Moneda Cultural Center in Santiago, Chile. Curated by Jochen Volz and Valéria Piccoli, respectively director and... Read More
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