Ghosts of the Asylum (plate 4) from Charenton
Catalogue
- Year
- 1965
- Dimensions
- composition: 16 1/4 × 23 7/8" (41.2 × 60.6 cm); sheet: 22 7/16 × 30 1/4" (57 × 76.9 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- 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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A Certificate of Authenticity
1973 · Cut-and-pasted paper, watercolor, and ink on wood, on linen-covered mount
The Giantess in Matisse's Atelier from Cuevas' Comedies
1971 · Lithograph from a portfolio of ten lithographs (one with screenprint and embossing, one with embossing) and five screenprints (two double-sided, one with collage additions)
The Giants from Cuevas' Comedies (Los Gigantes del Comedias de Cuevas)
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Interior from Cuevas' Comedies
1971 · Lithograph from a portfolio of ten lithographs (one with screenprint and embossing, one with embossing) and five screenprints (two double-sided, one with collage additions)
Recollections from Cuevas' Comedies
1971 · Lithograph and embossing from a portfolio of ten lithographs (one with screenprint and embossing, one with embossing) and five screenprints (two double-sided, one with collage additions)
Cuevas' Comedies
1971 · Portfolio of ten lithographs (one with screenprint and embossing, one with embossing) and five screenprints (two double-sided, one with collage additions)
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- José Luis Cuevas
- Year
- 1965
- Dimensions
- composition: 16 1/4 × 23 7/8" (41.2 × 60.6 cm); sheet: 22 7/16 × 30 1/4" (57 × 76.9 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1965-M028149
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified