MEXICAN FOLKWAYS: REVISTA TRIMESTRAL DEDICADA A USOS Y COSTUMBRES MEXICANAS. VOL. 4, N°. 1-4 (1928)

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  • México: Mexican Folkways, 1928
By Toor, Frances; Diego Rivera (Eds)
México: Mexican Folkways, 1928. (Issues 2 and 4 without rear wrappers,Lower covers of binding faded and wear to edges, o/w VG+). b/w plates, draws., ports., tbls., mus. nots., diags., advts., pict. wrps BOUND TOGETHER IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER PICTORIAL BUCKRAM BINDING. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT. Spanish and English 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 and often parts of the text. Tina Modotti and Edward Weston were regular contributors of photographs. Contents include:
N°. 1, (January -- March, 1928): Aims of Open Air Schools of Painting / Salvador Novo -- The Children Artists in the Mexican Revolution / Frances Toor -- Poetry of the Negroes of Oaxaca / Ramón Pardo -- Ruinas de Labán , Yucatan / Reygadas Vértiz -- La Violinera / por Tata Nacho. Photos by Frederick Starr.
Vol. IV, N°. 2 (April -- June 1928): El canto de Quetzalcoatl / John Hubert Cornyn -- La arquitectura Azteca / Eduardo Noguera -- Nace un niño en Tepoztlan / Margaret Park Redfield -- Pancho: el juguetero, René d'Harancourt -- Tragica muerte del General Obregón / Enrique Murguía -- Gentes y escuelas de la Sierra de Juarez / Frances Toor -- Corrido de la muerte de Emilio Carranza. Tina Modotti photos, some illustration by Covarrubias (detached wrps.; some minor chipping at edges of wrps; single issue).
N°. 3 (July -- September, 1928): Devoted to "Guadalupe Posada", with original restrikes
N°. 4 (October -- December, 1928) Frescoes of José Clemente Orozco -- An Ancient Art in an Ancient Village, much of issue devoted to Legends. Covarrubias illustrations.

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