Framed Drawing by Mexican Artist José Luis Cuevas

Details

Description

Ink and watercolor on Paper by José Luis Cuevas (Mexican, b.1934). Featuring characters from a story line inscribed lower left … Read more Ink and watercolor on Paper by José Luis Cuevas (Mexican, b.1934). Featuring characters from a story line inscribed lower left as the following (see detailed image)
"Esta pagina la dibuje mientras le contaba un cuento a mariana, la noche del 4 de enero de 1964. Ilustra lo que yo le contaba"
Translated to "The page is drawn while telling a story to Marian , the night of January 4 , 1964. It illustrates what I told her"
Unsigned. Sight of the work on paper - 13" by 19" wide. With frame - 21"by 27.

José Luis Cuevas was a prominent member of the Generación de la Ruptura (Breakaway Generation), who first challenged the then dominant Mexican muralism movement. He remains a distinguished and controversial artist who is known for depicting the darker side of life and the debasement of the human society with often shocking images. He is also known for being an advocate against creating art purely for commercial gain.

Provenance: this group of the work on paper by Cuevas is from a collection purchased in 60s from Silvan Simone Gallery, Los Angles, CA. The The Silvan Simone Gallery was founded in 1958 by Silvan Simone, an former co-owner of the Florentine Gallery in Pacific Palisades. Between 1959 and 1967, the gallery showed artists such as Lee Mullican, Gordon Wagner, Jose Luis Cuevas as well as a number of younger Mexican and Mexican-American artists. See less