Description: THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL WATERCOLOR AND INK WORK. APART FROM THE EXTRAORDINARY SET OF 3 WATERCOLOR DRAWINGS, THE WORK INCLUDES THE WORD "BLAM," WHICH IS THE ONLY REFERENCE OR 'NOD' TO POP ART IN ANY OF THE HUNDREDS OF CUEVAS DRAWINGS I HAVE SEEN, AND POSSIBLY IS THE ONLY ONE. BASED ON TWO VERY FAINT DATE NOTES IN THE WORK, IT APPARENTLY WAS CREATED BY CUEVAS IN 1965, WHICH WAS DURING 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: 5900 USD
Location: Los Angeles, California
End Time: 2025-01-31T14:58:16.000Z
Shipping Cost: 125 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Size: Drawing: 8"x14.5"; Frame: ca. 17"x23"
Date of Creation: 1960s
Item Length: See Size
Framing: Matted & Framed
Region of Origin: Mexico
Size Type/Largest Dimension: See Size
Personalize: No
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Year of Production: 1965
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: See Size
Style: Figurative Art, Surrealism, Bosch-like surrealism
Features: Triptych
Unit Quantity: 1
Handmade: Yes
Item Width: See Size
Time Period Produced: 1960-1969
Signed: No
Period: 1960s
Material: Ink, Paper, Ink and watercolor
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): No
Subject: Characters
Type: Watercolor & Ink Drawings
Theme: People, Insanity
Production Technique: Watercolor & drawing
Country/Region of Manufacture: Mexico
