José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
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
Jose Luis Cuevas, 'Ghosts of the Historic Center V', 2005, Woodcut, 21x16 in
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Miami, FL
Jose Luis Cuevas (Mexico, 1934-2017)
'Fantasmas del Centro Histórico V', 2005
woodcut on paper Guarro Biblos 250g.
20.9 x 16 in. (53 x 40.5 cm.)
Edition of 60
Unframed
ID: CUE-108
Ha...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut, Paper
UNKNOWN TITLE (MUSIC HALL)
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Aventura, FL
Etching on paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by Jose Luis Cuevas. Edition PE of 20. Image size 13.25 x 8.25 inches.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authentic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexican, woodcut, 2005
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Miami, FL
Jose Luis Cuevas (Mexico, 1934-2017)
'Suite Sobre la vida II', 2005
woodcut on paper Rives BFK 300 g.
22.1 x 30 in. (56 x 76 cm.)
Edition of 50
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
"Borgia" 1968 framed lithograph by Jose Luis Cuevas from "Crimes by Cuevas"
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Borgia" lithograph by Jose Luis Cuevas from his "Crimes by Cuevas" portfolio of 11 images which addresses criminality throughout history. This lithograph depicts brother and sister Cesare and Lucrezia...
Category
1960s Other Art Style José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jose Luis Cuevas, 'Suite Sobre la Vida III y IV', 2005, Woodcut, 15.7x42.3 in
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Miami, FL
"Jose Luis Cuevas (Mexico, 1934-2017)
'Suite Sobre la vida III y IV (pag suelta)', 2005
woodcut on paper Rives BFK 300 g.
15.8 x 42.4 in. (40 x 107.5 cm.)
Edition of 50
ID: CUE-128"
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
El Cuarto Amarillo, Signed Etching by Jose Luis Cuevas
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
With a title translating to "The Yellow Room", this print by José Luis Cuevas features several pained figures standing around, seemingly in wait.
El Cuarto Amarillo
José Luis Cuevas...
Category
1980s Surrealist José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Macbeth, Surrealist Lithograph by Jose Luis Cuevas
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - )
Title: Macbeth
Year: 1987
Medium: Lithograph with Collage on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 110
Size: 24 x 33.5 in. (60.9...
Category
1980s Expressionist José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jose Luis Cuevas, 'Suite Sobre la Vida VI', 2005, Woodcut, 22x29.9 in
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Miami, FL
"Jose Luis Cuevas (Mexico, 1934-2017)
'Suite Sobre la vida VI (pag suelta)', 2005
woodcut on paper Rives BFK 300 g.
22.1 x 30 in. (56 x 76 cm.)
Edition of 50
ID: CUE-129"
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Jose Luis Cuevas, 'Suite Sobre la Vida IV', 2005, Woodcut, 22x29.9 in
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Miami, FL
Jose Luis Cuevas (Mexico, 1934-2017)
'Suite Sobre la vida IV', 2005
woodcut on paper Rives BFK 300 g.
22.1 x 30 in. (56 x 76 cm.)
Edition of 50
Unframed
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Jose Luis Cuevas, 'Fantasmas del Centro Histórico II', 2005, Woodcut, 20x15 in
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Miami, FL
Jose Luis Cuevas (Mexico, 1934-2017)
'Suite Fantasmas del Centro Histórico II', 2005
woodcut on paper Guarro Biblos 250g.
20.9 x 15.8 in. (53 x 40 cm.)
Edition of 60
Unframed
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Jose Luis Cuevas, 'Suite Sobre la Vida II', 2005, Woodcut, 22x29.9 in
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Miami, FL
Jose Luis Cuevas (Mexico, 1934-2017)
'Suite Sobre la vida II', 2005
woodcut on paper Rives BFK 300 g.
22.1 x 30 in. (56 x 76 cm.)
Edition of 50
Unframed
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Jose Luis Cuevas, 'Ghosts of the Historic Center V', 2005, Woodcut, 22x29.9 in
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Miami, FL
Jose Luis Cuevas (Mexico, 1934-2017)
'Fantasmas del Centro Histórico V', 2005
woodcut on paper Guarro Biblos 250g.
20.9 x 16 in. (53 x 40.5 cm.)
Edition of 60
Unframed
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Jose Luis Cuevas, 'Suite Sobre la Vida VIII', 2005, Woodcut, 22x29.9 in
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Miami, FL
Jose Luis Cuevas (Mexico, 1934-2017)
'Suite Sobre la vida VIII', 2005
woodcut on paper Rives BFK 300 g.
22.1 x 30 in. (56 x 76 cm.)
Edition of 50
Unframed
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut, Paper
Jose Luis Cuevas, 'Suite Sobre la Vida III', 2005, Woodcut, 22x29.9 in
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Miami, FL
Jose Luis Cuevas (Mexico, 1934-2017)
'Suite Sobre la vida III', 2005
woodcut on paper Rives BFK 300 g.
22.1 x 30 in. (56 x 76 cm.)
Edition of 50
Unframed
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Marquez de Sade from the Intolerance Portfolio, 1989, by Jose Luis Cuevas
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - 2017)
Title: Marquez de Sade from the Intolerance Portfolio
Year: 1989
Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil
Editio...
Category
1980s Surrealist José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Jose Luis Cuevas, 'Suite Sobre la Vida VII', 2005, Woodcut, 22x29.9 in
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Miami, FL
Jose Luis Cuevas (Mexico, 1934-2017)
'Suite Sobre la vida VII', 2005
woodcut on paper Rives BFK 300 g.
22.1 x 30 in. (56 x 76 cm.)
Edition of 50
Unframed
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Jose Luis Cuevas, 'Suite Sobre la Vida V', 2005, Woodcut, 22x29.9 in
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Miami, FL
Jose Luis Cuevas (Mexico, 1934-2017)
'Suite Sobre la vida V', 2005
woodcut on paper Rives BFK 300 g.
22.1 x 30 in. (56 x 76 cm.)
Edition of 50
Unframed
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Jose Luis Cuevas, 'Suite Sobre la Vida I', 2005, Woodcut, 22x29.9 in
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Miami, FL
Jose Luis Cuevas (Mexico, 1934-2017)
'Suite Sobre la vida I', 2005
woodcut on paper Rives BFK 300 g.
22.1 x 30 in. (56 x 76 cm.)
Edition of 50
Unframed
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Jose Luis Cuevas, 'Suite Sobre la Vida VI', 2005, Woodcut, 22x29.9 in
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Miami, FL
Jose Luis Cuevas (Mexico, 1934-2017)
'Suite Sobre la vida VI', 2005
woodcut on paper Rives BFK 300 g.
22.1 x 30 in. (56 x 76 cm.)
Edition of 50
Unframed
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Coloso, Surrealist Lithograph by Jose Luis Cuevas
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - )
Title: Coloso
Year: 1988
Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 300 (Roman Numerals)
Paper Size: 35 x 27 i...
Category
1980s Surrealist José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Magicians Message From Cuevas' Comedies
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Delray Beach, FL
The Magicians Message From Cuevas' Comedies.
Screenprint with collage additions and five lithographs from a portfolio
of ten lithographs (one with screenprint and embossing, one with embossing)
and five screenprints (two double-sided, one with collage additions).
Pencil signed and dated 1971, edition 84/100, blindstamp visible, published by Collector's Press, San Francisco.
Framed under Plexiglas.
Jose Louis Cuevas was born in Mexico City in 1933 -2017.
A master draftsman, Jose Luis Cuevas played a pivotal role in Latin America's drawing and printmaking renaissance of the sixties and seventies. He is also associated with Latin America's neofigurative movement, along with artists such as Fernando Botero and Antonio Segui. 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 promoted individual expression and figurative art reflecting the contemporary human condition.
Cuevas' work was influenced by the graphic art of Goya and Picasso as well as by Posada and Orozco, whose representations of deformed creatures, degraded humanity and prostitutes were of particular thematic interest. Over the years, he has paid homage to his favorite painters as well as writers, such as Dostoevsky, Kafka, Quevedo and Sade, in numerous series of drawings and prints. Cuevas has said that his drawing represents the solitude and isolation of contemporary man and man's inability to communicate. It is for this reason that he often distorts and transforms the human figure to the point of uniqueness.
Cuevas has had solo exhibitions in museums and galleries throughout the world including the:
University of Texas, Austin, 1961, the San Francisco Museum of Art, California,1970, the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 1972, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Caracas, 1974, Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona, 1975, Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris, 1976. His work was included in Four Masters of Line: Jose Luis Cuevas, Alexander Calder, Stuart Davis, and Morris Graves, Musee de la Napoule, France, 1957 and in The Emergent Decade, Cornell University and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1965. Among his many awards are First International Prize for Drawing, Biennial of Sao Paulo, 1959, First Prize, International Black and White Exhibition, Lugano, Switzerland, 1962, First International Prize for Printmaking, Triennial of Graphic Arts, New Delhi, India, 1968, First Prize, III Latin American Print...
Category
1970s Modern José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Etching
UNKNOWN TITLE
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. EP edition. Image size: 11.75 x 8.75 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Paper
MACBETH
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Artwork in excellent condition. Additional images are available upon request. Certificate of Authenticity is included. Of 110. All reasonabl...
Category
1980s Contemporary José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
CONTORSIONISTA
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Artwork is in excellent condition. Additional images are available upon request. Certificate of Authenticity included. Of 100. Image Size: 11 X 8...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Paper
Justine y el Marquez de Sade from the Intolerance Portfolio
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas
Title: Justine y el Marquez de Sade from the Intolerance Portfolio
Year: 1989
Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
Paper...
Category
1980s Surrealist José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Las Victimas from the Intolerance Portfolio, 1989, by Jose Luis Cuevas
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - 2017)
Title: Las Victimas
Year: 1989
Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
Paper Size: 52 in. x 35 in. (1...
Category
1980s Surrealist José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
COLOSO
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Image size: 32 x 24 inches. Sheet size: 35 x 27. Certificate of Authenticity is included. Of 300. All reas...
Category
1980s Contemporary José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Justine y el Marquez de Sade, 1989 by Jose Luis Cuevas
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - 2017)
Title: Justine y el Marquez de Sade from Intolerance
Year: 1989
Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in ink
Edition: 50
Image Size: 4...
Category
1980s Expressionist José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
The Giants, Lithograph by Jose Luis Cuevas
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - )
Title: The Giants
Year: 1971
Medium: Set of 5 Lithographs on Arches, signed and dated in pencil
Edition: 100
Si...
Category
1970s Surrealist José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jose Luis Cuevas, "Jack the Ripper, " Lithograph, 1968
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
This lithograph was created by Mexican artist Jose Luis Cuevas. Known for his aggressive attitude and strong beliefs, Cuevas' work is characterized by distorted human forms. Cuevas h...
Category
1960s Conceptual José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
REMBRANDT AS A CHILD
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Aventura, FL
Artwork is in excellent condition. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Certificate of Authenticity included. Of 70. Image Size: 8 X 10 Inches Sheet Size: Approx 16 X 17.25 Inches. ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
Jose Luis Cuevas, "El Siniestro, " Etching, 1968
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
This lithograph was created by Mexican artist Jose Luis Cuevas. Known for his aggressive attitude and strong beliefs, Cuevas' work is characterized by...
Category
1960s Conceptual José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Juan Valle Alvarado Confesar para Maria Burga, Etching by Jose Luis Cuevas
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - 2017)
Title: Juan Valle Alvarado Confesar para Maria Burga from the Intolerance Portfolio
Year: 1989
Medium: Aquatint Etching, Signed and nu...
Category
1980s Surrealist José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Dreams of Rasputin, Surrealist Lithograph by Jose Luis Cuevas
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - 2017)
Title: Dreams of Rasputin
Year: 1968
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 25/100
Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76....
Category
1960s Expressionist José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
UNKNOWN TITLE
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Edition of 100. Image size: 9.5 x 7.65 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonabl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
Clase de Anatomia, Surrealist etching by Jose Luis Cuevas
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
An etching by Jose Luis Cuevas from 1989. A surrealist scene of figures engaging in an eerie, dream-like setting. In a beautiful hand-carved museum frame.
Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas...
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1980s Surrealist José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
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Etching
La Mascara, Surrealist Intaglio Print by Jose Luis Cuevas
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - 2017)
Title: La Mascara from the Homage to Quevedo Portfolio
Year: 1969
Medium: Intaglio with Lithographed Mylar Collage, signed and number...
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1960s José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Intaglio
Rasputin, Lithograph by Cuevas 1968
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - 2017)
Title: Rasputin the Crime Portfolio
Year: 1968
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 25/100
Size: 22 x 30 in. (5...
Category
1960s Expressionist José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jose Luis Cuevas, "Denizens of the Underworld", Lithograph. 1968
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
This lithograph was created by Mexican artist Jose Luis Cuevas. Known for his aggressive attitude and strong beliefs, Cuevas has said that his drawing represents the solitude and iso...
Category
1960s Conceptual José Luis Cuevas Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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