DIEGO RIVERA: ILLUSTRIOUS WORDS 1886-1921, VOL. 1.; Texts Diego Rivera... [et al.]. Commemorative edition on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Museo Estudio Diego Rivera"--T.p. verso

México, D.F. Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes; Museo Estudio Diego Rivera; Editorial RM, 2007. color plates, facs., ports., illus., bios., bibl., cat., color pict. boards w/ black cloth on spine, OCLC: 216939003. Item #2000119

The present catalogue is a product of the homonymous exhibition devoted to the visual exploration of Rivera's reflections on art. This first volume is a comprehensive collection of Rivera' s writings in English, covering his partially fabricated autobiography written in collaboration with Lolo de la Torriente and Gladys March, his apprenticeship years and his life among the European avant-garde. The edition described as "words that illustrate" and "illustrations that speak" includes images of Rivera's artistic creations alongside artwork by other artists. With critical texts by Maria Teresa Franco, Magdalena Zavala, Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera, and Roberto Pliego. "Commemorative edition on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Museo Estudio Diego Rivera"-Back T.p. Esta publicación nos muestra una colección de citas, textos e imágenes de Diego Rivera y de otras personas influyentes en su vida que moldearon su ideología histórica, política, social, artística y cultural, entre las cuales se encuentran 118 piezas de arte del artista: oils, ceramics and engravings y las memorias'"Memoria y Razón" y "My Art" dictadas por Diego Rivera a Loló de la Torriente y a Gladys March. Conmemorando su 50 aniversario luctuoso, como parte del homenaje nacional, el Museo Estudio Diego Rivera presenta esta compilación de textos que nos muestran una perpectiva casi tan gráfica como sus pinturas. LIMITED EDITION OF1000.

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