ARTES PLASTICAS: RAÍCES Y FRUTOS DE LA CULTURA, NOS. 1, PRIMAVERA, 1939; 2, VERANO, 1939

México, D.F.: UNAM, 1939. b/w plates, wrps. One of the most influential art journals of Mexican arts. The following are highlights of each issue: NUM. 1- 5 full page photos by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, with text by Xavier Villaurrutia; "Caracteres fundamentales de la arquitectura precortesiana de México" by Salvador Toscano; Sections on art written by Octavio Paz, on graphics by Carlos Alvarado Lange. NUM. 2- 2 full page photos by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, with text by Jose Vasconcelos; "Arquitectura Agustiniana", by Manuel Toussaint; "Grabados Renacentistas", by Justino Fernandez; "Hipótesis sobre la Cer mica Tarasca" by José Alvarado. NUM. 3- "Adget. Documentos para artistas". by Manuel Alvarez Bravo; "El neo-cl ssico borbónico en México", by Fernerico E. Mariscal; "Cultura Zapoteca", by Andres Henestrosa, NUM. 4- Notas e L Corbusier / Jose Rojas Garciadueñas -- El Pensamiento Hermético ed las Artes / Jose Bergamin -- Las Abstracciones y la Libertad / Jose Alvarado -- Arte Maya / Vladimiro Rosado Ojeda -- La Fotografia como Arte / Manuel Rodriguez Lozano -- Walt Disney: La Locura en el Arte Luis G. Basurto. SOLD AS SET.