LA HABANA 1850: UNA VISIÓN DE CARLES DEFOREST FREDRICKS.; Exposición No. 20, Catálogo No. 20
Caracas: Museo de Artes Visuales Alejandro Otero, 1992. b/w plates, ports., bibliographical references, wrps. OCLC: 37680802. Catalog of exhibition no. 20 held at the Fundación Museo de Artes Visuales Alejandro Otero in Caracas, May, 1992. Photographs of the city of Havana taken by Charles DeForest Fredricks and his employees in Cuba during the 1850's. CONTENTS: La Cuba de Fredricks:... Read More
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MEXICAN COOKING MANUSCRIPT: [NO TITLE]
[México]: [publisher not identified]; The authors, 1920. (missing front cover, marginal chipping and wear to covers, water stain in verso cover; not affecting text; detached spine and weak hinges). yellowish paper with handwritten recipes, ink written by different hands in a beautiful calligraphy, string bound, newspaper clip inserte, loose as issued. Early 20th century anonymous manuscript cookbook with... Read More
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JOAQUIN TORRES GARCÍA: REPRODUCCIONES EN COLORES.; Comentario de José Pedro Argul. Colección Arte de las Americas
Montevideo: Editorial Mosca Hnos, n.d. (197?). (marginal wear in folder with some foxing, not affecting text or plates, o/w a good copy). color prints, loose as issued, (five mounted, one loose) all inside color pict. folding portfolio. Six mounted plates with color reproductions of paintings by master artist Joaquin Torres-García (b. Uruguay 1874-1949) Issued in small format portfolio.... Read More
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GUCHACHI' REZA (IGUANA RAJADA).; Publicación trimestral. Segunda época, No. 19. Portada y viñetas: José Luis Cuevas. Diseño: Jordi Boldó. Impresión: Offset Setenta
Juchitán, Oaxaca: Patronato de la Casa de la Cultura de Juchitán, 1984. b/w plates, pict. wrps. Illustrations by José Luis Cuevas. SPANISH AND ZAPOTEC TEXT. No copies of this number in OCLC.
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ARTISTAS EN MÉXICO: 17. VICENTE ROJO. 18. GABRIEL MACOTELA. 19. ILSE GRADWOHL. 20. MANUELA GENERALI.; Caja 5
México, D.F.: Taller Gráfica Bordes, 2008. b/w and color plates, illus., facs., cat., bio/chron., sigs., plus one lithograph, loose as issued, color pict. wrps., inside black cloth covered double-lid shell box with pull-out black ribbon, in cardboard slip cover. A fine press project with 4 books on 4 contemporary artists to be published every three months. 60 contemporary, living... Read More
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ROSALIO GONZALEZ: OBRA PICTORICA; Coordinación: Alfredo Gutiérrez Ramírez. Fotografías: Ramiro González Marín
Guadalajara, Jalisco: Acento Editores, 2002. b/w and color plates, ports., cat., color pict. wrps. Presentation of the contemporary baroque, religious paintings of (b. Mexico 1892-1958) artist, Rosalío González. He was a self-taught painter who left more that 130 pieces -all of them with religious themes- that were requested by the Catholic Church for decoration of 21 churches from 1932... Read More
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BORN IN AMERICA: SEVEN AMERICAN ARTISTS.; Exposición No. 52. Catálogo No. 29
Caracas: Museo Jacobo Borges, 2000. b/w and color plates, bios., ports., bibl., cat., wrps. Exhibition on photography, sculpture, and installation art of young United States artists who have participated in an exchange program with Venezuela by Venezuelan born artists. The simulated works serve as a metaphor for the real, existing cultural contradictions between the two cultures. LIMITED EDITION OF... Read More
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RIO: CAPITAL DA BELEZA.; Géza Heller - Desenhos. Bruno Lechowski - Pinturas. Peter Fuss - Fotografas
Rio de Janeiro: Casa da Palavra, Prefeitura da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Arquitetura e Urbanismo do Rio de Janeiro.., 1999. b/w and color plates, draws., cats., bibls., bios., ports., b/w and color pict. wrps. in slipcase. Trio of exhibits on the architectural and panoramic beauty of Rio de Janeiro from three immigrants during the 1930s: Design... Read More
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I SALON BIGOTT DE ARTE POPULAR
Caracas: Centro de Arte de Maracaibo Lía Bermúdez, 1999. b/w and color plates, b/w port., cat., bibl., color pict. wrps. FRONT COVER READS: "SALON BIGOTT DE ARTE POPULAR" Art catalogue of the first salon of contemporary Venezuelan folk art at the Centro de Arte de Maracaibo. Artists were invited to submit up to two pieces in paintings and sculptures.... Read More
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VOLCAN EN EL MUSEO; Catálogo No. 48. Exposición No. 62
(Caracas): Fund. Cultural José Angel Lamas/Museo de Arte Popular de Petare, 1993. b/w and color plates, port., bio./chron., biblheom., pict. wrps. Documents the popular (naif) artist (b. 1938) known for his paintings of Caracas barrios. Texts by Luis Miguel Rodríguez García and Carlos Augusto León.
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HUGO BASTIDAS: SONATAS AND CRESCENDOS
New York: Nohra Haime Gallery Editions, 1998. b/w plates, cat., chron., bibl., pict. wrps. Multi-layered canvases juxtaposing the most inconceivable images together. Exhibition of Ecuadorean artist, raised in New Jersey and returned as a Fulbright Fellow in his thirties to Ecuador.
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GRAPHICSTUDIO EN OAXACA.; Catálogo de procedimientos técnicos
Oaxaca: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca, 1998. color and b/w plates, bios., color wrps. Printmaking exchange and techniques as practiced at the Graphicstudio of the University of South Florida and MACO in Oaxaca: photogravure and woodblock heliorelief. Each step is described and illustrated by photos. Fourteen works printed by the joint project are reproduced. SPANISH AND ENGLISH TEXT.... Read More
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ANIMAMIA: ADRIAN PUJOL
Caracas: Sala Mendoza, 1998. color plates, bio/chron., cat., wrps. Translucent d.j. on wrps. Exhibit of Pujol's 1998 non-traditional contemporary portraits (b. 1948, Spain; has lived and worked in Venezuela since 1970).
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SOLEDAD SALAME: EN EL LABERINTO DE LA SOLEDAD
Santiago de Chile: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, September 12 to October 30, 2001. b/w and color plates (some fldg.), rice paper, cat., port., draws., plans., facs., color fldg. pict. wrps. Salamé, a Chilean artist residing in the United States is part of the Re encounter series, dedicated to artists from Chile who live overseas. She has confronted the... Read More
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REFLEX : VIK MUNIZ DE A A Z.
São Paulo: COSAC NAIFY, 2007. color, b/w, and duotone plates, ports., facs., cat., bibl., ind., pict. endpapers, pict. boards. A retrospective with 187 images and text that examines the work of Muniz (b. 1961, Brazil, now lives and works in the U.S) since the end of the 1980s. Portuguese text only. Ao lado de 187 imagens, o texto conduz... Read More
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QUINTANA ROO.; Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Secretaría de Agricultura y Fomento, Dirección de Geografía, Meteorología e Hidrología, Departamento Geográfico, Oficina de Cartografía y Cálculo
México: Zincorafia de la Dirección de Geog. Met e Hidr, 1937. 1 color fldg. map, 56 x 48 cm., folded to 22x15.5 cm, tipped in covers. Proyección Policónica, Escala 1:1000.000. 4 copies in OCLC.
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BENDAYÁN: CHRISTIAN BENDAYÁN: UN PINTOR DE LA SELVA [URBANA]
Arequipa, Perú: Centro Cultural Peruano Norteamericano, 2007. b/w, duo tone and color plates, frontis., illus., cat., bios/chrons., illus. endpapers, color pict. fldg. wrps. Young and self taught artist Bendayán (b. Perú 1973) has been for a long time a solitary artist in his native city Iquitos of the Amazonian region. His work openly proposes an interchange of psychic borders... Read More
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Puebla: Galería de Arte Contemporáneo y Diseño; Gobierno del Estado de Puebla, Secretaría de Cultura, Dirección de Artes Visuales, 2004. color plates., illus., cat., appen., color pict. wrps. Catalogue of the 4th Encuentro Estatal de Arte Contemporáneo celebrated in the city of Puebla with the participation of 45 artists presenting 64 bidimensional (paintings, photographs, digital art), 3-dimensional (assemblage, installation,... Read More
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JOSÉ ANTONIO TORRES MARTINO: VOZ DE VARIOS REGISTROS.; [investigación, Myrna Báez ... [et al.] ; textos, Silvia Alvarez Curbelo ... [et al.]
San Juan, P.R.: La Editorial, Universidad de Puerto Rico, 2006. color and b/w plates, Includes bibliographical references: (p. [262]-268 and index., color pict. boards. OCLC: 72655667. An art book, a memoir and a critical appraisal, of its subject, artist Torres Martino (b. Puerto Rico 1916). Includes selected bibliographies of works by and about the author and indexes of names... Read More
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OLHAR ITALIANO SOBRE SÃO PAULO; Curadoria: Ruth Sprung Tarasantchi. Dezembro 1993
São Paulo: Istituto Italiano di Cultura/Inst. Cultural Italo-Brasileiro, 1993. b/w and color plates, cat., pict. wrps. LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000. Exhibition and catalogue of Italian painters views and landscapes of São Paulo, Brazil from the turn of the century until the l980's. Some of the 28 artists include: Alfredo Volpi, Torquato Bassi, Antonio Ferrigno, Guiseppe Perissinotto, FIlisberto Ranzini, Ottone... Read More
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CERAMICA DE SEKA 1960-1993; Exposición No. 16. Catálogo No. 16
Caracas: Centro Cultural Consolidado, 1993. b/w and color plates, port., cat., bio./chron., bibliohemerography, pict. wrps. LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000. Retrospective of ceramic artist (b. 1923) who has lived and worked in Venezuela since 1952. She has been a member of the International Academy of Ceramists, Geneva since 1972. Texts by Iris Peruga and Lourdes Blanco.
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RICARDO PASCALE: XLVIII BIENNALE DI VENEZIA
(Uruguay): Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, 1999. b/w and color plates, ports., bio., chron., cat., ind., color fldg. pict. wrps. FRONT COVER READS: "URUGUAY XLVIII BIENNALE DI VENEZIA" Special exhibit on Pascale (b. 1942, Montevideo) at the XLVIII Bienal of Venice. His sculpture lies within Organic Constructivism, an orientation that can be seen as an Uruguayan tradition. The wood... Read More
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LATIN AMERICA ART DIRECTORY = DIRECTORIO DE ARTE DE LAS AMERICAS, 2005
Buenos Aires: Diego Costa Peuser, Arte Al Día, 2005. b/w and color plates, advts., ind., color pict. wrps. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT.
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MEXICO NUEVE: AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORK OF NINE MEXICAN ARTISTS
Kansas City: Fine Arts Gallery, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 1991. fldg. cat. Artists include Alfredo Castañeda, Olga Costa, José Luis Cuevas, Gunther Gerzso, Alberto Castro Leñero, Luis López Loza, Gabriel Macotela, Vincente Rojo, and Roger von Guten.
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JUDITH GUTIERREZ, "DEL SUSPIRO". INAUGURACIÓN
(Monterrey): Arte Actual Mexicano, 1993. color plates, bio., wrps. Ecuadorian artist in the primitivism style, who has been working in Mexico and the U.S.
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