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)

Apunte del natural a las puertas de un..., 1953

José Luis Cuevas

Apunte del natural a las puertas de un..., 1953

Sale Date: March 14, 2013

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Self Portrait in Jail, 1968

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Self Portrait in Jail, 1968

Sale Date: March 8, 2013

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Antonio Souza en el Bar De Jack Dempsey, 1965

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Antonio Souza en el Bar De Jack Dempsey, 1965

Sale Date: February 27, 2013

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Untitled

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Sale Date: February 27, 2013

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Los Borgia, 1968

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Los Borgia, 1968

Sale Date: February 24, 2013

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Title Page, La Mascara, El Desfile, Poet in..., 1969

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Title Page, La Mascara, El Desfile, Poet in..., 1969

Sale Date: February 1, 2013

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Teorema, 2003

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Teorema, 2003

Sale Date: January 18, 2013

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Sin título, 1954

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Sin título, 1954

Sale Date: January 18, 2013

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Vilá - Vilá, Barcelona, 1963

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Vilá - Vilá, Barcelona, 1963

Sale Date: January 18, 2013

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The Poet and his family, 1972

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The Poet and his family, 1972

Sale Date: January 18, 2013

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Crouching Woman, 1977

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Crouching Woman, 1977

Sale Date: March 22, 2010

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Las Verdadelos Senoritas de Huignon

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Las Verdadelos Senoritas de Huignon

Sale Date: March 22, 2010

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Political Demagogy III, 1968

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Political Demagogy III, 1968

Sale Date: December 6, 2012

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Hotel Cristal, 1981

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Hotel Cristal, 1981

Sale Date: November 16, 2012

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El mago, 1973

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El mago, 1973

Sale Date: November 21, 2012

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El cuarto de los trebejos, 1987

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El cuarto de los trebejos, 1987

Sale Date: October 23, 2012

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Cabaretera del Balalaica, 1991

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Cabaretera del Balalaica, 1991

Sale Date: October 11, 2012

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Dr. Atl y Nahui Ollin

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Dr. Atl y Nahui Ollin

Sale Date: October 11, 2012

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El pintor y su modelo, 1987

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El pintor y su modelo, 1987

Sale Date: September 18, 2012

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Cuevas Comedies (portfolio of 6), 1971

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Cuevas Comedies (portfolio of 6), 1971

Sale Date: September 20, 2012

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Homage to Quevedo (portfolio of 11), 1969

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Homage to Quevedo (portfolio of 11), 1969

Sale Date: September 20, 2012

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Pareja, 1997

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Sale Date: September 6, 2012

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El Equilibrista, 2005

José Luis Cuevas

El Equilibrista, 2005

Sale Date: September 6, 2012

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Portrait, 1988

José Luis Cuevas

Portrait, 1988

Sale Date: August 23, 2012

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