José Luis Cuevas

(Mexican, 1933–2017)

José Luis Cuevas was a Mexican artist affiliated with the post-World War II movement the Generación de la Ruptura, or Breakaway Generation. Believing that Mexican art had become too mainstream and diluted, Cuevas and the other members of the Generación opposed Mexican muralists such as Diego Rivera, José Clement Orozco, and David Alfaro Sisquieros, who they saw as inhibiting artistic development and being overly deferential to the Mexican government. Born on February 26, 1934 in Mexico City, Mexico, Cuevas went on study at the National School of Painting and Sculpture at the age of 10. Over time, he developed a unique aesthetic of paintings and sculptures depicting disfigured or disproportioned figures and portraits. Cuevas represented Mexico in the 1982 Venice Biennale, and created a museum to himself in an old monastery which opened in 1992. The museum and Cuevas himself are both controversial, with the glorification of Cuevas’ life and sexual prowess as a main topic of his museum. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others. The artist died on July 3, 2017 in Mexico City, Mexico.

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Letter to Dr. Laforet, 1965

José Luis Cuevas

Letter to Dr. Laforet, 1965

Sale Date: February 1, 2017

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José Luis Cuevas

Sale Date: December 8, 2016

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Playa

José Luis Cuevas

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Playa de tarde

José Luis Cuevas

Playa de tarde

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Coloso, 1988–1989

José Luis Cuevas

Coloso, 1988–1989

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Autorretrato, 1979

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Autorretrato, 1979

Sale Date: November 18, 2016

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The Tower of Babel, 1972

José Luis Cuevas

The Tower of Babel, 1972

Sale Date: November 20, 2016

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IN THE MANNER OF PISANELLO

In the manner of José Luis Cuevas

IN THE MANNER OF PISANELLO

Sale Date: November 13, 2016

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TOREADOR

José Luis Cuevas

Sale Date: November 13, 2016

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SHROUDED ONE, 1957

José Luis Cuevas

SHROUDED ONE, 1957

Sale Date: November 13, 2016

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Untitled (Portrait of Antony Coster), 1968

José Luis Cuevas

Untitled (Portrait of Antony Coster), 1968

Sale Date: November 9, 2016

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Figures, 1968

José Luis Cuevas

Figures, 1968

Sale Date: November 9, 2016

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Portrait of the Artists' Daughter

José Luis Cuevas

Portrait of the Artists' Daughter

Sale Date: November 5, 2016

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Durante una conversacion con Michel Delorme..., 1980

José Luis Cuevas

Durante una conversacion con Michel Delorme..., 1980

Sale Date: November 4, 2016

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Celestina, apunte del natural (calle Echegaray)

José Luis Cuevas

Celestina, apunte del natural (calle Echegaray)

Sale Date: October 20, 2016

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Cómica, apunte del natural, 1966

José Luis Cuevas

Cómica, apunte del natural, 1966

Sale Date: October 20, 2016

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Retrato de Martín Luis Guzmán, 1950

José Luis Cuevas

Retrato de Martín Luis Guzmán, 1950

Sale Date: October 20, 2016

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Autorretrato en Alburquerque, Nuevo México, 1982

José Luis Cuevas

Autorretrato en Alburquerque, Nuevo México, 1982

Sale Date: October 20, 2016

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Recollections of Childhood, 1962

José Luis Cuevas

Recollections of Childhood, 1962

Sale Date: October 18, 2016

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Toros salvajes

José Luis Cuevas

Toros salvajes

Sale Date: September 29, 2016

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Pareja, 1982

José Luis Cuevas

Sale Date: September 17, 2016

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Los Papeles de Salazar #10, 1983, 1983

José Luis Cuevas

Los Papeles de Salazar #10, 1983, 1983

Sale Date: September 30, 2016

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Auto-retrato com José Gomez Sicre - Police..., 1968

José Luis Cuevas

Auto-retrato com José Gomez Sicre - Police..., 1968

Sale Date: July 20, 2016

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Série: Secrets from the vault -

José Luis Cuevas

Série: Secrets from the vault - "Motel El..., 1981

Sale Date: July 21, 2016

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