1 vols. 9-7/8 x 8 inches
1964
by (Best-Maugard, Adolfo) Van Vechten, Carl
1964. 1 vols. 9-7/8 x 8 inches. Atelier stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten/146 Central Park West/Cannot be reproduced without permission. Holograph notations in ink giving the subject of the photograph and the number of the negative. 1 vols. 9-7/8 x 8 inches. Adolfo Best Maugard was a Mexican Painter, 1891-1964. Best Maugard established and promoted a new drawing teaching method, based on popular art elements and on the study of pre-Columbian forms, that was part of the nationalistic environment of that time. The theory standed out that with seven primary lines any natural form could be built.
(Inventory #: 57926)