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Marquez de Sade from the Intolerance Portfolio

Name: Marquez de Sade from the Intolerance Portfolio
Brand: RoGallery
SKU: 10250

José Luis Cuevas

$2,000

Mexican (1934–2017)

Date: 1989
Aquatint Etching, Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 50
Size: 35 in. x 52 in. (88.9 cm x 132.08 cm)

$2,000

Unframed

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about Marquez de Sade from the Intolerance Portfolio

The artist's intriguing depiction of a man's head is striking and expressive.

Layered with leaves and vines, the head of the man is massive and his features are rendered dramatically small so as to generate further contrast.

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About The Artist: José Luis Cuevas

Cuevas was born in Mexico City in 1934. By the age of fourteen, he had illustrated numerous periodicals and books and had had his first exhibition in Mexico City. In 1953 Cuevas published La cortina del nopal (The Cactus Curtain), an article condemning aspects of the Mexican Mural movement and advocating greater artistic freedom. This philosophy inspired the founding in 1960 of the group Nueva Presencia, which he joined for a brief time. It...

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About The Medium: Aquatint

An etching process in which tone is created by treating a plate with fine particles of acid resistant material (like powder resin) and then placing the plate in an acid bath. The acid bites into the plate between the grains of resin and when printed, the mass of tiny spots produces a textured area with tonal effects similar to watercolor wash.

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