MUCHACHO EN LA CUEVA Y OTROS CUENTOS.; Colección Nuestros Cuentos, Vol. 2
México: Instituto Nacional Indigenista, Departamento de Publicaciones, N.d.. (chipping on top right of front cover, water stain on the back cover and last 10 pages, some foxing, not affecting text). b/w plates., illus. wrps. Eleven traditional short stories from Chiapas. Illustrated with prints by master graphic artist Adolfo Mexiac (b. Mexico 1927). Mexiac was an active member of the Taller de la Gráfica Popular from 1960 to 1976.
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WAR SONGS BY TOPOL
NYC: London Records International TW 91450, n.d.. Very good-played once.. 11 songs sung in Hebrew by noted singer Topol. Data on songs printed on rear album cover-also a photograph apparently of Topol.
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CAMBIO. WWW.NEWNYART.COM
New York: Temporary Gallery Space, 1998. b/w and color plates, biography/chronology, color pictorial wrappers. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT. Organized by artist Kenny Schachter, CAMBIO was a series of group shows that took place in temporary spaces with a strong geographic thread: half of the artists lived in Mexico and the other half lived in the United States.
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LENGUA CHONTAL. ; Cuadernos de lenguas indígenas ;; v. 8; Variation: Cuadernos de lenguas indígenas ;; v. 8
Instituto Nacional Indigenista (I.N.I.), 1985. Colaboraron en la elaboración del trabajo sobre la Lengua Chontal: Román De la Cruz López, et al. Chontal Language: orthographic phrases, containing Spanish loan words, with parallel Spanish translations and corrected Trique versions. LIMITED EDITION OF 400. No copies in OCLC.
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MEXICAN CALENDAR ART: IRMA, CALENDAR GIRL; Vintage calendar
México, D.F.: Lito Leosa México, 1940. (Top part only, lacks lower calendar). Lito. Leonsa was used by Lito Latina in the 1940s. Lito Latina dn Gala were the first to print popular calendars staring in 1935. Early Lito Latina calendars had "Enseñazas Objetiva" at the footer and in the 1940s "Lito Leonsa". Salavador Monroy ran the family business during this period and allof the important calendar artists worked there including, Helguerra, Eduardo Cataño, Antonio Gomez, Xavier Gomez, and... Read More
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EL CANTO DE LA VICTORIA: ESCENA CHINACA EN 1867
México: Secretaría de Educación Pública, 1927. Very Good, top right corner of front wrap chipped away.. six full-color plates, two done in striking Art Deco style, the others reproducing paintings from the French Intervention period showing Mexican historical types and dress. Program issued for a theatrical play, dealing with the nationalist defeat of Maximilian's interventionist government, produced as part of the sixth "Festival Escolar," organized by SEP's Departamento de Bellas Artes.
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MEXICAN FOLKWAYS: REVISTA TRIMESTRAL DEDICADA A USOS Y COSTUMBRES MEXICANAS, VOL VI, N°. 3.; Eds.: Frances Toor and Diego Rivera
México: Mexican Folkways, 1930. (partially detached wrps, minor chipping on foredges of wrps). b/w plates, mus. nots., diags., 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. Contributors included Tina Modotti, Carlos Merida, Miguel Covarrubias, Edward Weston et. al. Much of issue is devoted to death. Contents: Notas sobre las Canacuas / by Frances Toor -- Canacuas,... Read More
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FUTURO, Nº 21.; Lombardo Toledano, Vicente (Dir). Director grafico Luis Audirac
México, D.F.: Universidad Obrera de México, 1937. (marginal wear, chipping and foxing; o/w very good copy). b/w plates, pict. ports., advts., duo tone pict. wrps. Artistic directors were Emilio Amero and later Luis Audirac and Luis Arenal all three artists of the TGP. This magazine was under the political guidance of Lombardo Toledano and many Taller de Grafica Popular artists (before the TGP was created as well as afterwards) contributed. Also includes articles on the muralist movement. Contents:... Read More
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PATRIMONIO ARQUITECTONICO E ARQUEOLOGICO CLASSIFICADO. SEPARADOS. ; v.2. Distrito de Beja v.3. Distrito de Braga v.4. Distrito de Bragança v.5. Distrito de Castelo Branco v.6. Distrito de Coimbra v.7. Distrito de Évora v.8. Distrito de Faro v.9. Distrito dea Guardia v.10. Distrito de Leiria v.11. Distrito de Lisboa v.12. Distrito de Portalegre v.13. Distrito do Porto v.14. Distrito de Santarém v.15. Distrito de Setúbal v.16. Distrito de Viana do Castelo v.17. Distrito de Vila Real v.18. Distrito de Viseu
Lisboa: Instituto Português de Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico, IPPAR, Secretaria de Estado da Cultura, 1993. (ONLY 9 VOLUMES ). color plates, mps., tbls., plans, draws., color pict. wrps. Set of reprints from the edition "Classified Architectural and Archaeological Heritage", in 3 volumes. Covers the archaeological and architectural patrimony for 17 of the 18 districts in Portugal. Each volume is dedicated to a single district and contains maps and numerous color plates of the sites and architecture. From the... Read More
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JOAQUIN TORRES GARCIA: ESCRITOS.; Selección analítica y prólogo, Juan Fló. Colección Ensayo y testimonio
Montevideo: Editorial Arca, 1974. (very 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 painter. The criterion used was, given great continuity Torres García, predominantly routine, but also thought was taken into account the chronological order everything that appeared relevant" (Our translation) --Pages 12-13.... Read More
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BELLAS ARTES. AÑO 1, NO. 2; Existe el auge del teatro en México? Organo del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes
México: Secretaria de Educación Publica; Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1956. (Some chipping at spine and a 3 inch piece missing from rear wrapper; light wear to covers; o/w vg. b/w plates, ports., wrps. The bibliography for the early periodical publications of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBA). Briefly the following list puts in chronological order those publications to give context to their importance. Mexico en el Arte was the first magazine of the National... Read More
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EL LIBRO DE ARTE, ANO 1, Nº 2, REVISTA DE BIBLIOGRAFIA ARTISTA
Buenos Aires: Organizacion de Servicios Artisticos "El Libro de Arte, 1946. (some foxing and marginal wear). b/w plates, ports., advts., staple bound wrps. with a tipped-in reproduction of the print "The Dream of the Doctor" by Albrecht Dürer (ca. 1498). An Argentinian publication created to collect, classify and make books about art available to artists and readers in general, in order to facilitate the search and study of the topics. CONTENTS: Muchas gracias -- Hay perspectivas muy gratas... Read More
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III BIENAL. MUSEU DE ARTE MODERNA DE SÃO PAULO. CATALOGO GERAL
São Paulo: Edições Americana de Arte e Arquitetura, 1955. (some wear on spine and edges of binding, o/w vg+). b/w plates, plan, advts., rebound in half calve with marbled boards with original wrappers bound in. A country by country catalog of the exhibition of 1955 Third Bienal at the Museum of Modern Art in São Paulo. Front cover illustrated by Arnaldo Pedrosos d'Horta. Scarce.
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MIQUEL NAVARRO: EL MUNDO DE MIQUEL = MIQUEL'S WORLD
México: Museo de Arte Moderno, INBA, 1998. color plates, bio/chron., cat., ind., illus. endpapers. Frt. cover sculpture inset in shadowbox. Exhibition in Valencia, Spain of artist/sculptor who is part of the generation that emerged in the 70s and has risen to international recognition with his hybrid architecture-sculpture work. Very innovative shadow box sculptural cover. SPANISH AND ENGLISH TEXT by Manuel Blano, Consuelo Ciscar, Francisco Camps.
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SILENCIOS BOLDÓ
México: Ediciones Éramos Pocos; Boldó Cardemil Editores, 1990. color plates, 3 separate sheets, 3 translucent pages, paper wrps, fldg. blues wrps. with silver star sticker and with ribbon tie with sealing wax, tipped-in and ink stamp. The art of Jordi Boldó a Spanish born artist residing in Mexico. EACH SHEET (3) WITH COLOR PLATE NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY ARTIST. LIMITED EDITION NUMBERED 48 OF 75.
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RAUL LUNA: ROUPA DE TRABALHO
São Paulo: Contra Editora, 2013. b/w plates, wrps. OCLC: 862739303. Artist book created by Raul Luna. This is devoted to censorship "Contra is a collaborative publishing platform created by designer and editor Guilherme Falcão that deals with visual culture. Believing that graphic design is, by definition, an area of free transmutation of contents, we edit publications combining restlessness with sophistication. Which is a fancy way of saying we do cute zines in uncoated paper" --Colophon. LIMITED EDITION OF 50.... Read More
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REVISTA DE BELLAS ARTES. NUEVA ÉPOCA. NO. 1/6
México: Secretaria de Educación Publica; Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1972. 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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ALMANAQUE DULCE 1952
México: Unión Nacional de Productores de Azucar, 1952. b/w plates, advts., recipes, color pict. wrps. Some of the recipes are: arroz con leche -- leche quemada -- manzanitas de coco -- molotes de nuez -- rollo de alemendra -- dulce de camote y piña -- crema de alemndra -- panochas de piña -- mermelada de mamey -- merengues con canela -- cajeta de camote y chirimoya -- torta de yemas -- dulce de pera -- crema borracha -- rollo... Read More
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L'ART VIVANT AU MEXIQUE.; Sixiéme Année, No. 122
Paris: Libririe Larousse, 1930. b.w plates, illus., plus advts., wprs. Important early periodical with many photos by Tina Modotti of Mexican murals and modern art. Also photographs by Hugo Brehme. French text, large format, well illustrated with articles on PreColombian to contemporary art. Excellent article on popular arts by Dr. Atl.
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COOK'S NOTEBOOK ON PARTIES AND PARTY MENUS; A Sequel To "A Cook's Notebook on "CASSEROLES AND SUCH". Published in 1952
Belvedere, CA: St. Stephen's Guild, 1955. recipes, ind., spiral wrps.
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BEATRIZ MILHAZES
Caracas; São Paulo: Sala Alternativa Artes Visuales; Galeria Camargo Vilaça, 1993. color plates, biography, bibliography (page 16), wrappers. Text by Stella Teixeira de Barros. Baroque-modern style abstracts by this young (b. 1960) Brazilian artist. English and Portuguese text.
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ALMACENES TARDAN. NOVEDADES PARA CABALLERO
México: Foto y Rotograbadores Unidos, 1959. (some foxing, not affecting text, o/w very good). 1 double sided folded sheet, loose as issued, duo tone plates, duo tone illus., cat. Double sheet catalogue for men shoe and clothing fashion from Mexico in the late 1950s and 1960s.
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COMIDA FAMILIAR EN EL ESTADO DE SONORA
México: Banco Nacional de Crédito Rural, 1988. illus., tbls., recipes, glos., bibl., wrps. Recipes from the state of Sonora with a calendar of festivals, nutritional facts and a glossary.
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CLUB DE GOURMETS. AÑO II, NO. 18; Cocina y Turismo
Méx: Edit. Gourmets de América, S.A., 1982. b/w and color plates, illustrations, recipes, portraits, advertisements, color pictorial wrappers. Articles on Mexican and international cuisines as well as a section on the history of various Mexican foods. This magazine is no longer published.
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REVISTA DE REVISTAS: EL SEMANARIO NACIONAL. AÑO XXIII. NUM. 1201. 21 DE MAYO DE 1933
México, D.F.: Excelsior Cía Editorial, 1933. (wrps. and spine worn). b/w plates, illustrations, advertisements, musical notes, portraits, color pictorial wrappers. Año XXIII. Num. 1201. 21 de Mayo de 1933.
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