Description: THIS IS AN EXCELLENT DRAWING TYPICAL OF CUEVAS's WORK DURING THE 1960s, WHICH WAS UNDOUBTEDLY HIS BEST PERIOD. IN 1965, THEN NEW YORK TIMES ART CRITIC, JOHN CANADAY, WROTE: “SURELY THERE IS NOT A MORE REFINED CRAFTSMAN AT WORK TODAY THAN CUEVAS, NO ARTIST WHO DRAWS A LINE WITH MORE DELICATE CALCULATION, WHO MORE FIRMLY REJECTS THE IMPULSIVE STAB OR THE QUICK, SUGGESTIVE SQUIGGLE. NO ARTIST, NOT EVEN HIERONYMUS BOSCH, HAS MANAGED TO MAKE HORROR MORE ELEGANT.” WORKS BY JOSE LUIS CUEVAS ARE IN THE COLLECTION OF NUMEROUS MAJOR MUSEUMS, INCLUDING THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (MOMA) IN NEW YORK CITY, AND THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASHINGTON, D.C. (31 WORKS) JOSE LUIS CUEVAS DIED ON JULY 3, 2017.
Price: 2950 USD
Location: Los Angeles, California
End Time: 2024-12-31T14:58:16.000Z
Shipping Cost: 65 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed By: Jose Luis Cuevas
Size: Small
Date of Creation: 1962
Region of Origin: Mexico City, Mexico
Framing: Framed - frame size: ca. 20.5" x 17"
Size Type/Largest Dimension: 13"
Personalize: No
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Year of Production: 1962
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 13 in
Style: Surrealism, Bosch-like surrealism
Features: Signed
Unit Quantity: 1
Handmade: Yes
Item Width: 10 in
Time Period Produced: 1971
Signed: Yes
Period: 1960s
Material: Paper
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): No
Subject: Figures
Type: Drawing
Signed?: Signed (see description)
Original/Reproduction: Original, signed and dated by Cuevas
Theme: People
Production Technique: Drawing
