XUL SOLAR: VISIONES Y REVELACIONES
Buenos Aires; São Paulo: Malba - Colección Costantini, Buenos Aires del 17 de junio al 15 de agosto de 2005; Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo del 17 de septiembre al 6 de noviembre de 2005, 2005. b/w and color plates, facs., cat., bio/chron., bibl, color pict fldg. wrps. Retrospective exhibition presenting 130 paintings and objects by Xul Solar (b. Argentina 1887-d.1963) considered one of the main artists of the Modernism and Avant-Garde in Argentina during the first decades... Read More
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REVISTA DE BELLAS ARTES. NO. 11
México: Secretaria de Educación Publica; Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1966. 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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QUIMERA DE LOS MURALES DEL PALACIO DE BELLAS ARTES.; Mercedes Iturbe, et al.
México: Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes; Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, CONACULTA; Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, INBA, DGE/Equilibrista, 2004. (as new). b/w and color plates, ports., facs., appen., bios., chron., cat., color pict. fldg. wrps. An exhibition that commemorates the 70th anniversary of the inauguration of the Palacio de Bellas Artes. The catalogue includes history of the murals done especially for the building by Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, José Clemente Orozco and... Read More
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CONSTRUCCIÓN. AÑO IV, N° 43. REVISTA DE INGENIERÍA, ARQUITECTURA, ARTE, DECORACIÓN Y INDUSTRIA
México: Construcción, 1944. (weak hinges, partially detached spine; marginal wear in covers, some foxing, not affecting text or plates). b/w plates, drawings, plans, measured plans, elevations, tables, graphs, advertisements, illustrated wrappers. This periodical is virtually unknown and does not appear in the National Library of Mexico, or UNAM or OCLC. The contributors were leaders in post WWII an integrated movement of architecture, engineering and planning to build a modern Mexico. Despite the technical sounding title of the magazine,... Read More
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USA POSTER: LIBRES DE TEMOR.; Coordinador de Asuntos Internacionales
Washington, DC: Commerce Department Building, n.d..
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DAY OF THE DEAD NEWSPAPER SPECIAL EDITION. COVER OF EL GLOBO NO. 36
México, D.F.: El Globo, 1974. In the style of the Taller de Gráfica Popular. Front cover devoted to Day of the Dead.
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EL FOTOGRAFO MEXICANO: REVISTA DEDICADA A LOS FOTOGRAFOS DE MÉXICO, TOMO IV, Nº 25
México, D.F.: Kodak Mexicana, 1936. (Some foxing and marginal wear; water damage, some affecting plates and texts; o/w good copy). b/w and color 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: La permanencia de los papeles fotográficos Eastman -- ...Acerca de los retratos de hombres -- Haga que sus... Read More
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PANTEON DE LAS PELONAS: JOSÉ GUADALUPE POSAD.; Day of the Dead: An exhibition
(San Francisco, CA): San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1980. (folded in half with mild crease). b/w illus., bibl., stapled wrps. Catalog of exhibition presented as facsimile broadside TEXT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
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JOAQUÍN TORRES-GARCÍA: ÉPOCA CATALANA (1908-1928)
Montevideo: Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, 1988. b/w and color illus., bibliographical references (pages 72-75), wrps. COVER READS: "J. Torres-García" Parallel text in Spanish and Catalan of exhibition catalog related to Torres-García's work in Catalan.
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TOTA PULCHRA. EXPOSICION DE LA INMACULADDA
Bogotá: Museo de Arte Colonial; Ministerio de Cultural, 1999. color plates, bibl (pages 33-34), color pictorial wrappers. Exhibition catalogue of colonial religious art in Colombia; 25 paintings and sculptures from the 17th-19th centuries. Good quality color plates.
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J. TORRES-GARCÍA, 1874-1949: EXPOSICIÓN ANTOLÓGICA
Madrid: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, 1973. facs, cat., b/w and color plates, ports, bibliographical references (page 61), color pict. fldg. wrps. Catálogo de la exposición que reunió 122 obras del artista uruguayo.
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LACA-LACA: CALACAS Y CALAVERAS. HOMENAJE A POSADA
México: [publisher not identified], 1991. b/w plates, pict. spiral-bound cardboard wrps. LIMITED EDITION OF 2/50. PRESENTATION COPY. Illustrated by noted late 20th century contemporary artist with Day of the Dead skulls and skeletons.
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CARMEN CALVO; La Casa Misteriosa de Carmen Calvo./The Mysterious House of Carmen Calvo
México: Museo de Arte Moderno, INBA, 1998. b/w and color plates, cat., bio/chron., illus. endpapers. Frt. cover sculpture in shadow box, black-cloth cover. Work of Calvo (b. 1950, Valencia, Spain) who launched her career in the 70s. She is interested in painting and especially in its three-dimensional possibilities and interventions. Her "Hall of Mirrors" was featured at the 1996 Venice Biennial. Each cover has a unique sculptural piece enclosed in plastic shadow box cover. SPANISH AND ENGLISH TEXT. ... Read More
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CURARE. ESPACIO CRITICO PARA LAS ARTES. NOS 3, 5.; Espacio critico para las artes. Boletin trimestral
México: Curare, 1995. b/w plates,wrappers; number 3 is on newsprint. PHOTOCOPIES OF NUMBER 5 DONE BY PUBLISHER. ISSN: 1405-2377. Supplement to newspaper "La Jornada", appearance irregular dedicated to the investigation of artistic production in Mexico. The editors are art historians, critics and curators of art. Issue includes essays, critical art exhibit/installation reviews and notices, book reviews, art news, art news from abroad on Mexican themes. A valuable guide to the current Mexican art scene. Especially strong coverage of art... Read More
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ERASE EROS, 1/2CARTA
México, D.F.: 1/2 Carta, 1983. illustrated mimeo printed on doubled color pages,tipped in envelope, cut-outs with inserts, stamp pict. wrps. Artist book created under the direction of Felipe Ehrenberg. Edition of 45 . The late 1970s and early 1980s saw a return to political art drawing outside the established art scene in Mexico. New media and techniques developed using stencils, mimeograph, blueprints, photocopies and rubber stamps as a means of reproduction. Felipe Ehrenberg was a prime influence in producing... Read More
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A:A. NO.7.; Torres, Deyanira and Pepe Rojo (eds)
(México): Editorial Pellejo, n.d.. b/w illustr., spiral bound wrappers. Twenty four illustrations by 24 artists were distributed among 24 writers, who then wrote about the image assigned to them. Experimental writing.
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ASI ES MEXICO
México: Departamento de Turismo de la Secretaria de Gobernacion; Asociacion Mexicana de Turismo, 1940. b/w plates, fldg. maps, color pict. fldg. wrps. Illustrated tourist guide of Mexico, with beautiful b/w images of different landscapes and folkloric scenes of the country.
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HISTORIAS DE AMOR. CON 14 DESNUDOS ARTISTICOS
México: Coleccion EROS, 1940. (some chipping in wrps. and spine edges, 1 inch tear in lower front wrp. and first two pages). plus 10 b/w plates, ind., b/w pict. wrps. Three different love stories by Alberto Insua and Ramon el Valle Inlan illustrated with nude female photographs.
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LIBERTI: 40 AÑOS DE SURREALISMO = LIBERTI: 40 YEARS OF SURREALISM.; Traducción de Cora Lichtschein
Buenos Aires: Arte al Día Ediciones, 2006. ind., ports., facs., b/w and color plates, cat., bio/chron., bibls. (including a bibliography of books which include Liberti's illustrations (p. 172-173), pict.d.j. OCLC: 85891443. A major contribution to the literature this compendium of the work of surrealist artist, Juan Carlos Libertti (b. Argentina, 1930) is an essential reference for 20th century art. Rafael Siquirru in his essay says: I would be mistaken if I were to highlight his essential concern with form,... Read More
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VELORIOS Y SANTOS VIVOS: COMUNIDADES NEGRAS, AFROCOLOMBIANAS, RAIZALES Y PALENQUERAS
Bogotá: Museo Nacional de Colombia, 2008. color & b/w plates., ports., cat., facs., maps., tbls., diags., bibl., color pict. wrps. The exhibition comprises seven altars from the black communities of Colombia exploring the funerary rites used by the Afrocolombians, Raizales and Palenqueras ethnic groups to celebrate their saints, ancestors and dead ones. The exhibition is the resulting collective work of a research, analytical and ethnographic, historic and artistic curatiorship project started in 2006 by the Minitstry of Culture Direction... Read More
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ROBERTO RODRIGUES 1906-1929
Sao Paulo: A. S. Studio, 1993. b/w illus., bio., ind., spiral binding, tipped-in plate on front wrps. Text by Estela Sahm and Teixeira Coelho on one of the most famous illustrators of the late teens and 1920's. He was later assassinated. Rodrigues illustrated the magazine "Para Todos" along with Di Calvalcanti and Fritz. He also created the magazine "Jazz
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RECETARIO DEL PESCADOR Y OTRAS RECETAS POPULARES
México: Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares, 1984. b/w illus., recipes, ind., wrps. Recipes listed by regions of Mexico. Excellent resource.
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MAIZ, FUNDAMENTO DE LA CULTURA POPULAR MEXICANA
México: Museo de Culturas Populares, 1982. b/w and color plates, tbls., grphs., map., illus., facs., draw., bibl., pict. wrps. Informative, well-illustrated look at the uses and production of corn in Mexico and its role as a feature of Mexican popular culture from Pre-Columbian to the present.
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MOLINO BEST TESTED RECIPES FROM EL MOLINO KITCHENS
Alhambra, CA: El Molino Mills, 1953. illus., appen., advts., spiral wrps. (Disbound). Early health food recipes. A classic with 918 recipes.
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COMIDA FAMILIAR EN EL ESTADO DE CAMPECHE
México: Banco Nacional de Crédito Rural, 1988. illus., tbls., recipes, glos., bibl., wrps. Recipes from the state of Campeche with a calendar of festivals, nutritional facts and a glossary.
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