Miguel Covarrubias: 4 Visions [Hardcover]

Eva Ayala (Author), Juan Rafael Rivera (Author), Selva Hernandez (Author), Miguel Covarrubias (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 9685208603 | ISBN-13: 978-9685208604 | Publication Date: June 1, 2007 | Edition: 1ST

This volume gathers a genuine treasure trove of illustrative material by Miguel Covarrubias--caricaturist, traveler, author, book illustrator, ethnographer, cultural promoter and muralist--covering every aspect of his work, from New York and Harlem, through Bali and the South Seas, to pre-Hispanic and twentieth-century Mexico.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Editorial RM; 1ST edition (June 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9685208603
• ISBN-13: 978-9685208604
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 9.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,626,035 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars BEST CARTOONIST EVER!, June 23, 2010

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This review is from: Miguel Covarrubias. 4 miradas 4 visions. Homenaje Nacional (Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)

Mexican wonderkid Miguel Covarrubias, at the age of eighteen, became the best cartoonist in the world when, freshly arrived from 1920's Mexico, he took New York City by surprise with his wonderful cubist style for caricature. Alfred A. Knopf took him under his wing, and soon enough Vanity Fair and The New Yorker were hat in hand asking him to join their pages. Peter Arno and Al Hirschfeld considered him the greatest influence over their work, and the Jazz Age found his definitive graphic artist after his sultry posters for The Cotton Club. A Renaissance man, Covarrubias expanded his talents to ethnology, archeology, scenography, ballet and muralism. After WWII, he returned to Mexico to indulge in these new passions fulltime, thus ending his meteoric career in the States. He died shortly after, in 1957, at the age of 53. In 1984, The Smithsonian held a wonderful retrospective on him in Washington D.C.; and in 2004, his centennial, a National Homage was staged in Mexico City. This book is the catalogue from that exhibit.

Today Covarrubias, though not widely known, remains a household name and a top act to follow among art critics and illustrators circles. Get this book and see why.