ISMAEL NERY.; Curatorial Denise Mattar
Rio de Janeiro: Banco Pactual, 2004. b/w and color plates, port. frontis., ports., facs., cat., bio., chron., bibl., color pict. d.j. Item #79411
This book-catalogue offers a comprehensive panorama of Nery's life and artistic universe (b. Brazil 1900-1934). A fascinating central figure of the Brazilian Modernist movement his avant-garde art was a mirror that reflected individualism and mysticism expressed in surrealist works of androgynous portraits that included elements of expressionism, cubism, metaphysics, and surrealism. He was also a fashion designer who created architectural projects, theater stage designs and a philosopher who created an aesthetics theory called "Essentialism.".The majority of Nery's work remains in private collections. Printed outside of commerce.
Price: $225.00