The Magician's Message, from Cuevas Comedies
Catalogue
- Year
- 1971
- Dimensions
- 770 × 570 mm (sheet); 390 × 303 mm (envelope with lithography); 367 × 256 mm (I. Dachau, inner gold foil envelope); 286 × 210 mm (II. Black Dream); 284 × 210 mm (III. Goofus Bird); 286 × 210 mm (IV. Hide Behind); 285 × 210 mm (V. Tea Kettle)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- José Luis Cuevas
Artist
Printmaking
José Luis Cuevas was a Mexican painter, printmaker, and draftsman whose expressive figuration emerged in postwar Latin America as a direct challenge to abstraction's dominance. Working primarily in ink, charcoal, and oil, he developed a gestural approach to the human form marked by psychological intensity and formal distortion. His practice centered on drawing as a primary medium, treating it as a complete artistic statement rather than preparatory work. Cuevas became a defining voice for figurative art's continued relevance in the mid-twentieth century.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- José Luis Cuevas
- Year
- 1971
- Dimensions
- 770 × 570 mm (sheet); 390 × 303 mm (envelope with lithography); 367 × 256 mm (I. Dachau, inner gold foil envelope); 286 × 210 mm (II. Black Dream); 284 × 210 mm (III. Goofus Bird); 286 × 210 mm (IV. Hide Behind); 285 × 210 mm (V. Tea Kettle)
- Watts ID
- WW-1971-050919
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified