RHUMOR DEL BICENTENARIO.; Director y editor general: Mariano; Director Irresponsable: Oswaldo (Osvaldo) Sagástegui; Articulistas: Aristeo Pérez...[et al.]; Caricaturistas: Ector...[et al.]
México: Rhumor, 2010. b/w and color plates, ports., draws., facs., color pict. wrps. In 1988 when Mexico was experimenting a larger freedom of press (after NAFTA), Oswaldo Sagástegui started a successful political-critic comic book that lasted until 1997. Celebrating the Mexican bicentennial the comic book reappears with new collaborations. This new edition includes cartoons by Marino, Ector, Eduardo Gomez, Efrain, Jose Luis, Kemchs, Maral, Miguel Angel, Orvañanos, Oswaldo, Ramon and Roman and humoristic articles by Aristeo Perez, Abstemio Cruz,... Read More
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BOLÍVAR EN LA MEMORIA DE SU PUEBLO: LITERATURA, MÚSICA, ARTE POPULAR.; María Teresa Novo ... [et al.]
Caracas: Fundación Tradiciones Caraqueñas, 1999. color plates, cat., ports., bibls., discography, color pict. boards. With 2 CD ROMS (digital; 4 3/4 in.). Large compendium of the iconographic, literarary and musical depiction of Simon Bolívar in Venezuela. Major sections include: Bolívar en la Literatura Popular: La tradición oral...popular cuentos, oraciones y poemas sobre el libertador; Bolívar en la Canción Popular: Cantares de tradición patriótica, La canción de los combates; Bolivar en el Are Popular; América le Canta a Bolívar. Includes... Read More
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MANUEL ÁLVAREZ BRAVO: 100 YEARS, 100 DAYS
México: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, CONACULTA: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Arte ,INBA : Fundación Televisa : Fomento Cultura Banamex ; [Madrid] : Turner, 2001. NEW. b/w plates, appen., bio/chron., bibliographical references and index, pict. d.j., cloth boards. MAJOR monograph produced for the exhibition in celebration of the 100th birthday of Mexico's most noted living photographer. Text by Carlos Monsiváis. N.B. English language edition now out-of-print. Also published in Spanish under the title: Manuel Alvarez... Read More
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ARTHUR OMAR: O ZEN E A ARTE GLORIOSA DA FOTOGRAFIA = TEN AND THE GLORIOUS ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY.; Livro de Trabalho/Work Book
Rio de Janeiro: Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Antroplogia da Face Gloriosa, 1999. b/w plates, ports., fldg. pict. wrps. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held Jan. 22-Apr. 25, 1999 at the Centro Cultural, Banco do Brasil in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Exhibit of prominent Brazilian contemporary photographer. Omar has spent 20 years in the study of the human face in order to produce this still unfinished series. The objective is to abstract reality and capture the expression. Much... Read More
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NACHO LOPEZ ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH: MAYA CIVILIZATION
México, N.d.. (2 inch non-continuous line with loss of image center left). 10x8 in. b/w photograph with photographer's stamp on verso, for magazine "Mañana" inscription in verso reads: " MEXICO ARQUEOLOGIA/CIVILIZACION MAYA", tipped in piece of paper with inscription: El grabado es maya clásico y se encontro en otra gigantesca piedra, oculta por la vegetación. Allí estaba el testimonio inobjetabe de la Ciudad Perdida, descubierta cuatrocientos años después de que la selva la devoró. Era el objetivo de... Read More
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DANIEL SENISE: THE PIANO FACTORY
Río de Janeiro: Andrea Jakobsson Estúdio, 2002. color plates, draws., bio/chron., color pict. d.j. Major monograph on the highly creative work by Daniel Senise (b. Brazil 1955). Senise is one of Brazil's best known artists outside of his homeland. He divides his time between his studio in New York and regular trips to Brazil, where he also has a studio. His career began in the 1980s at the Visual Arts School in Rio de Janeiro, where he stood out... Read More
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LOS DESMEMBRADOS SEGÚN OROZCO, POR ROBERTO CORTÁZAR.; Coordinación y cuidado editorial: Bernardo Esquinca Azcárate, Sara Gabriela Baz Sánchez, Evelyn Useda Miranda, Jenny Jimenez Herrada, Cecilia Moreno Gamboa; Concepto curatorial Roberto Cortázar y Sara Gabriela Baz
México, D.F.: Museo Nacional de Arte, MUNAL; Instituto Nacional de Bellas Ares, INBA, 2009. b/w and color plates (some fldg.), ports., cat., color pict. fldg. wrps. Noted Mexican muralist and painter José Clemente Orozco created between 1947 and 1948 the painting series "Los Teúles" an artistic narrative of historical character inspired in the relation "Historia verdadera de la Nueva España" written by conqueror chronicler Bernardo Díaz del Castillo. The series includes recurring scenes of battles, heroic deeds, dismembered bodies,... Read More
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EMILIO JORGE PATARCA: MAESTRO ORFEBRE: 1975-2005, 30 AÑOS DE LABOR
Buenos Aires: (Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo), 2005. color plates, ports., cat, bio/chron., color pict. wrps. OCLC: 226378481. Retrospective of 30 years of work by contemporary silver artist, Emilio Jorge Patarca (b. Buenos Aires, 1956). Much of his work is based upon colonial motifs and styles. Colección de piezas de orfebrería en plata realizadas por el maestro argentino Emilio José Patarca (b.1956, Buenos Aires).
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URBANA - POEMA FANZINE.; Ano 15, no. 22, outubre 2001
Rio de Janeiro: Vidarte Urbana Edições, 2001. b/w plates, illus., advts., illus. endpapers, color pict. wrps. Fifteenth anniversary issue of noted Brazilian fanzine of poetry/visual poetry.
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RUFINO TAMAYO MIENTE!; Nuevo San Carlos, Núm. 6
México, 1955. b/w plates. Early criticism of Tamayo and his place in Mexican art.
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MEXICAN ART AND LIFE. NO. 4.; Editor: José Juan Tabalada, Art Editor: Francisco Díaz de León
México, D.F.: DAPP, 1938. v.p., b/w and color plates, facs., ports., color pict. wrps. Early English language art magazine with exquisite multi-colored silkscreened covers of original artworks (water colors, wash, woodcuts) designed for magazine by such artists as: Emilio Amero, Carlos Orozco Romero, Gabriel Fernandez Ledesma. Articles on many aspects of Mexican art written by leading authorities make this a good reference.
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ALBUM DO RIO DE JANEIRO: 10 PHOTOGRAFIAS, N° 2
Rio de Janeiro: LTM, 1935. (edges/corners of front cover chipped and with some foxing, water stains in verso cover, all plates clean, last photograph is loose.Ink stamp in upper right corner of front cover; some warp of photographs). string bound in illus. wrps. with b/w tipped-in photographic (silverprint) on front wrappers. [4 cm x 6 cm] of "Av. Niemeyer" 10 silver gelatin prints (oblong format size 17 x 22 cm. ea.) with views of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil... Read More
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EL FOTOGRAFO MEXICANO: REVISTA DEDICADA A LOS FOTOGRAFOS DE MÉXICO, TOMO I, Nº 2
México, D.F.: Kodak Mexicana, 1932. (Some foxing and marginal wear; water damage, some affecting plates and texts; o/w good copy). b/w plates, ports., tbls., diags., advts., ind., staple bound 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: Propiedades elementales de la luz -- El retrato -- Como cuidar las reflexiones -- El foco relámpago -- Efectos y... Read More
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SIGLO DE ARTE MEXICANO 1900-2000
México: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Landucci Editores, 1999. b/w and color plates, ind., color pict. wrps. Fine survey of 20th century Mexican art with texts by Juan Coronel Rivera. Chapters include: El experimento. La Experiencia. México 1900-1925; Luis Martín Lozano: El proceso del arte moderno en México; Teresa del Conde: La aprición de la Ruptura; and Agustín Arteaga: Rediseando el pasado, construyendo el futuro. Exceptional samples from both private and... Read More
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MEMORIA CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE MURALISMO; San Ildefonso, cuna del Muralismo Mexicano: reflexiones historiográficas y artistícas
México: Antiguo Colegio de San Idelfonso, UNAM; CONACULTA, 1999. b/w plates, ports., facs., draws., bibl., fldg. wrps. Papers presented at the international conference on murals. IMPORTANT REFERENCE. Highlights:1. Reinterrpretaciones en Torno a la "Creación de Diego Rivera: Recuento Historiográfico";2. Después de San Ildefonso. Cambio en el Quehacer Mural-satico y su Significado. Shifra Goldman.3. Muralismo y Nacionalismo Popular 1920-1930. Ricardo Pérez Monfort.4. El Primer Fresco de Jean Charlot...John Charlot.5. El Muralismo desde las Manos de Jean Charlot.6. Rescate del Mural... Read More
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FUTURO, Nº 89.; Lombardo Toledano, Vicente (Dir). Luis Audriac, Artistic Director
México, D.F.: Universidad Obrera de Mexico, 1943. (marginal chipping and some foxing; missing verso cover, o/w complete issue). b/w plates, pict. ports., advts., duo tone pict. wrps. Rare front cover by Renau. 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.Participating authors include: Jacobo H. Zender, Ursula Moreno, Salvador de la Plaza, Vicente E. Oropeza, José Mancisidor, Federico Melchor, José... Read More
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EL MAESTRO. REVISTA DE CULTURA NACIONAL. TOMO III, NUM. 1
México: Talleres Gráficos de la Nación, 1922. b/w plates, illus., chron., graphical mathematic equations, color pict. wrps. Rare early 20th century periodical with stunning illustrated covers, illustrations and vignettes. In March 1921 a text appeared in the Bulletin of UNAM announcing "the foundation of a great magazine: El Maestro", whose function was to complete the work of the university and school establishments, expand the horizons of workers and peasants, stimulate the study of professionals and schoolchildren, and animate with... Read More
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RAYMUNDO SESMA. MEDITATIVO, 1989-2003
México: Museo de Arte Moderno, 2003. color frontis, b/w and color plates, ports.,ind., cat., chron., color pict. fldg. wrps. First major retrospective of Sesma (b. Mexico, since 1980 has lived and worked in Mexico and Italy) the quiet artist of postmodern aesthetics started in the 1980s and has become a dominant force in 21st century art. He compliments his paintings with video, installations, engravings, artists books, and performance. The exhibition chronologically gathers the most significant pictorial series that Sesma... Read More
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HUGO BREHME POSTCARD: EL POPOCATEPETL EN ERUPCION (5450M)
(México), 1915. one b/w photograph postcard, with stamp in verso. Beautiful and artistic b/w photograph taken by Hugo Brehme. The postcard has Hugo Brehme stamp in back and is in very good condition. Handwritten message in English on verso from a mother obviously living in Mexico to her daughter. It talks of what she hopes to be the end of the Mexican Revolution, that business has gone down and that there are food shortages.
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EXPOSICIÓN J. TORRES-GARCIA.; Auspiciada de el Ministerio de Instrucción Pública. Publicaciones del Taller Torres-García. Huecograbado Talleres "El Día". Fotografías Testoni
Montevideo: Salón de Exposición de la Comisión Municipal de Cultura, 1951. (marginal wear in wrappers and spine, some foxing and chipping in wrapper's edges, not affecting text or plates, back wrapper with marginal water marks, o/w a good copy). plus [9] leaves of b/w and color plates, facs., b/w pict. fldg. wrps. Exhibition catalogue comprising sixty-six ink drawings created by master artist Joaquin Torres-García (b. Uruguay 1874-1949).
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MEXICAN FOLKWAYS. REVISTA TRIMESTRAL DEDICADA A USOS Y COSTUMBRES MEXICANAS. 1932, VOL..7, NO. 1, 3; Eds.: Frances Toor and Diego Rivera. Individual issues
México: Mexican Folkways, 1932. (Covers on separated and/or worn; some with chipping on edges of wrappers; Number 3 with taped spine, o/w vg+),. 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. Contributors included Tina Modotti, Carlos Merida, Miguel Covarrubias, Edward Westin et. al. 1927 was the first issue of the larger... Read More
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REVISTA DE BELLAS ARTES. NO. 5
México: Secretaria de Educación Publica; Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1965. b/w plates, ports., wrps., ISSN: 0185-3570. OCLC: 2266971. Issue published six numbers a year, devoted to art, literature and culture.
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EN LOS PUÑOS CERRADOS NO ENTRAN LAS CARICIAS.; Libro A6. Are You a Cop or What
Buenos Aires: AYACOW (Are You A Cop Or What), 2022. duo tone plates, duo tone pict. wrps. Illustrated affective-erotic texts. "Compilation of writings and dissertations made between 2019 and 2021. Some texts were extracted from the fanzines "El amor no debería ser una relación de poder" (Love should not be a power relationship) and "No te voy a decir mi nombre para que no te olvides" (I'm not going to tell you my name so you don't forget), as... Read More
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LIBRO DE LECTURA PARA USO DE LAS ESCUELAS NOCTURNAS PARA TRABAJADORES.; 2o Grado. Serie S.E.P.
México: Comision Editora Popular de la Secretaría de Educación Pública, 1938. (3 inch tear in lower front spine, chipping and foxing on boards, some slits and pencil mrks. in title page, not affecting text). b/w ills., facs., plus ind., color pict. boards. Illustrated by members of the L.E.A.R. organization including Mariano Paredes, Filiberto Cisneros Vera, Jesús Morales, Rafael López Vázquez, Gonzalo E. Thello, Antonio Silva Díaz, Gonzalo Paz Pérez, Ezequiel Negrete, Luis Arenal, Julio Prieto and Isidoro Ocampo.... Read More
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