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.

José Luis Cuevas Artworks

José Luis Cuevas (1,282 results)

Los Papeles de Salazar #2, 1983

José Luis Cuevas

Los Papeles de Salazar #2, 1983

Sale Date: November 5, 2013

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Carrer d'Avinyo (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1981

José Luis Cuevas

Carrer d'Avinyo (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1981

Sale Date: October 30, 2013

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Historia del Dibujo (double-sided), 1965

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Historia del Dibujo (double-sided), 1965

Sale Date: November 3, 2013

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El carnicero #6

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El carnicero #6

Sale Date: November 3, 2013

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Recollections of Childhood (portfolio of 12..., 1962

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Recollections of Childhood (portfolio of 12..., 1962

Sale Date: October 22, 2013

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El baile, 1997

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El baile, 1997

Sale Date: September 19, 2013

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Pareja, 1998

José Luis Cuevas

Sale Date: September 19, 2013

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Cartel de Blanes, 1981

José Luis Cuevas

Cartel de Blanes, 1981

Sale Date: September 19, 2013

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Rembrandt, 1988

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Rembrandt, 1988

Sale Date: September 19, 2013

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Crime by Cuevas (portfolio w/2 sets of 12..., 1968

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Crime by Cuevas (portfolio w/2 sets of 12..., 1968

Sale Date: September 12, 2013

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Café Sevilla, 1991

José Luis Cuevas

Café Sevilla, 1991

Sale Date: August 22, 2013

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Flamenco, 1991

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Flamenco, 1991

Sale Date: August 22, 2013

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Coloso (from Olympic Memories), 1988

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Coloso (from Olympic Memories), 1988

Sale Date: August 15, 2013

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El dictator Teacrato Garcia Moreno (Ecuador), 1984

José Luis Cuevas

El dictator Teacrato Garcia Moreno (Ecuador), 1984

Sale Date: July 24, 2013

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El pintor y su modelo, 1987

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El pintor y su modelo, 1987

Sale Date: July 2, 2013

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Self-Portrait, 1969

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Self-Portrait, 1969

Sale Date: June 29, 2013

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Antonio Souza en el Bar De Jack Dempsey, 1965

José Luis Cuevas

Antonio Souza en el Bar De Jack Dempsey, 1965

Sale Date: June 19, 2013

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La Maga (2 works) (from The Mexican Masters..., 1973

José Luis Cuevas

La Maga (2 works) (from The Mexican Masters..., 1973

Sale Date: June 27, 2013

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Portrait of a Man, 1965

José Luis Cuevas

Portrait of a Man, 1965

Sale Date: June 16, 2013

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Apunte del natural, manicomio general,..., 1953

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Apunte del natural, manicomio general,..., 1953

Sale Date: June 27, 2013

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L'Amour Fou, 1968

José Luis Cuevas

L'Amour Fou, 1968

Sale Date: June 12, 2013

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Untitled, 1990

José Luis Cuevas

Untitled, 1990

Sale Date: June 9, 2013

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Caja China II, 1990

José Luis Cuevas

Caja China II, 1990

Sale Date: June 9, 2013

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Macbeth, 1990

José Luis Cuevas

Macbeth, 1990

Sale Date: June 9, 2013

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