first edition Cloth
1939 · Mexico City
by Jose Gorostiza (Drawings by Carlos Orozco Romero)
Mexico City, 1939. Cloth. Near Fine. Handsome 1939 portfolio of 13 leading Mexican painters of the 20th century. #177 of only 400 copies issued. Loose (as issued), cream-colored signatures, contained within a folding gray-cloth chemise. Just a touch of soiling at the half-title, otherwise very clean. Introductory text ("The New School of Painting in Mexico") by Jose Gorostiza, translated into English by Pablo Martinez Del Campo. Skillful line-drawn portraits of each artist by Carlos Orozco Romero.
(Inventory #: 14597)