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)

Letter to dr. laforet, 1965

José Luis Cuevas

Letter to dr. laforet, 1965

Sale Date: November 18, 2010

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Untitled portrait, 1965

José Luis Cuevas

Untitled portrait, 1965

Sale Date: November 18, 2010

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Museo Guggenheim (+ Washington Square; 2..., 1991

José Luis Cuevas

Museo Guggenheim (+ Washington Square; 2..., 1991

Sale Date: March 17, 2011

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Narda, 1972

José Luis Cuevas

Sale Date: March 17, 2011

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El macho cabrio, 1983

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El macho cabrio, 1983

Sale Date: March 1, 2011

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Autorretrato en la noche, 1978

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Autorretrato en la noche, 1978

Sale Date: March 1, 2011

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La torera I, 1973

José Luis Cuevas

La torera I, 1973

Sale Date: March 1, 2011

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Portrait of the painter Pedro Atanasio (+..., 1973

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Portrait of the painter Pedro Atanasio (+..., 1973

Sale Date: March 1, 2011

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Catalogue of monsters, 1981

José Luis Cuevas

Catalogue of monsters, 1981

Sale Date: March 1, 2011

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Notebook, 1981

José Luis Cuevas

Notebook, 1981

Sale Date: March 1, 2011

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Intolerancia (estudios), 1983

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Intolerancia (estudios), 1983

Sale Date: March 1, 2011

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Invocando el espiritu de Maria Burga, 1983

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Invocando el espiritu de Maria Burga, 1983

Sale Date: March 1, 2011

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Circus series (+ another; 2 works), 1971

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Circus series (+ another; 2 works), 1971

Sale Date: February 14, 2011

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Retrato de mujer (+ Retrato de Marcel..., 1963

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Retrato de mujer (+ Retrato de Marcel..., 1963

Sale Date: November 27, 1996

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El músico (+ Casa de prostitución de Tanger, , 1963

José Luis Cuevas

El músico (+ Casa de prostitución de Tanger, , 1963

Sale Date: November 27, 1996

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Barcelona, 1981

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Barcelona, 1981

Sale Date: January 27, 2011

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El geómetra, 2001

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El geómetra, 2001

Sale Date: January 27, 2011

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Figures (study), 1960

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Figures (study), 1960

Sale Date: January 28, 2011

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Untitled, 1973

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Untitled, 1973

Sale Date: December 12, 2010

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L' amour fou, 1968

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L' amour fou, 1968

Sale Date: December 4, 2010

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Prostitutas (set of 8), 1972

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Prostitutas (set of 8), 1972

Sale Date: November 18, 2010

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Pueblo Los Palacios Andalucía Teatro Álvarez , 1991

José Luis Cuevas

Pueblo Los Palacios Andalucía Teatro Álvarez , 1991

Sale Date: November 11, 2010

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Hotel Cristal, 1981

José Luis Cuevas

Hotel Cristal, 1981

Sale Date: November 10, 2010

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Paraja observia Paris, 1978

José Luis Cuevas

Paraja observia Paris, 1978

Sale Date: November 10, 2010

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