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José Luis Cuevas Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Mexican, 1934-2017

José Luis Cuevas was a Mexican painter, draftsman, writer, engraver, sculptor and illustrator. Although the biography on his personal site indicates the date of 1934, his older brother, the doctor and psychoanalyst Alberto Cuevas Novelo, has assured that he was actually born in the year 1931. He was known as the "terrible boy" of painting in Mexico, and also had the nickname of Gato Macho. From his first exhibition in Washington in 1954, when he was only 20 years old and from the Washington Post and Time Magazine, he learned to exploit his public image as a macho, seducer of women, and an artist without hair on the tongue. An extraordinary sense of vanity and narcissism led him to photograph himself day after day since 1955. He challenged the Mexican mural movement that dominated at that time and was a prominent member of the Rupture Generation. He was a self-taught artist, with many very marked styles and influences on the dark side of his life, and he frequently distorted figures and generated debates. He was a very controversial character, not only for artistic reasons, but also for his controversies with other writers and artists. In 1992, the José Luis Cuevas Museum was inaugurated, which houses many of his works and his personal art collection in the Historic Center of Mexico City.

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Artist: José Luis Cuevas
Transformista 3 - Original Figurative Drawing
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Soquel, CA
Transformista 3 - Original Figurative Drawing by Jose Luis Cuevas (b. 1934 d. 2017.) This original ink drawing by Cuevas depicts two distorted figures pressing their faces together....
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1950s Modern José Luis Cuevas Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Whispering Figure, Surrealist Ink and Graphite Drawing by José Luis Cuevas
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
José Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - 2017) - Whispering Figure, Year: 1980, Medium: Ink and Graphite on Paper, signed and dated top right, Size: 7.75 x 10.75 in. (19.69 x 27.31 cm), ...
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1980s Surrealist José Luis Cuevas Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Graphite

Consoling Partner, Surrealist Ink and Graphite Drawing by José Luis Cuevas
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
José Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - 2017) - Consoling Partner, Year: 1980, Medium: Ink and Graphite on Paper, signed and dated top right, Size: 7.5 x 10.5 in. (19.05 x 26.67 cm), Fr...
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1980s Surrealist José Luis Cuevas Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Graphite

Antonio Liarte con modelos, Surrealist Ink and Watercolor by José Luis Cuevas
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
José Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - 2017) - Antonio Liarte con modelos, Year: 1979, Medium: Ink and Watercolor on Paper, signed, titled and dated in ink, Size: 7 x 9.75 in. (17.78 x...
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1970s Surrealist José Luis Cuevas Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Letter to Dr. Laforet, 1960's Drawing by Jose Luis Cuevas
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - 2017) Title: Letter to Dr. Laforet Year: circa 1965 Medium: Ink and Wash on Paper, signed l.r. Size: 8.25 in. x 10.5 in. (20.96 cm x 26.67 ...
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1960s Modern José Luis Cuevas Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Political Demagogy III, Surrealist Pen and Ink Drawing by Jose Luis Cuevas
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - 2017) Title: Political Demagogy III Year: 1968 Medium: Pen and Ink on Paper, signed Size: 11 in. x 14 in. (27.94 cm x 35.56 cm) Frame; 20 ...
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1960s Minimalist José Luis Cuevas Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Pen

PORTRAIT (UNKNOWN TITLE)
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Aventura, FL
Original drawing on paper. Hand signed & inscribed "#4" by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. Frame size: 18 x 21 inches. All rea...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary José Luis Cuevas Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

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