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San Francisco, CA: Malulu Editions, 2016. Folio with 20 images. Archival Pigment print. Cloth. NOTE from OCLC: Reprint. Originally published: Santa Barbara : Capra Press, 1981. Edition of 25. "These portraits were made in a portable studio that was hauled from fair to fair between 1976 and 1980 ... I saved 700 negatives, 25 of which make up this portfolio"--Introduction. County Fair is a collection of portraits Mikkel Aaland made after spending nine years visiting county fairs throughout California. Jon Carroll wrote in New West magazine, "County Fair is a chronicle of people being who they are. These faces become historical." The photographer Mary Ellen Mark said of the book, "Such moving photographs, funny and sad. It's real Americana. Aaland is a latter day Mike Disfarmer." Malulu Editions publishes artistic works of unique cultural significance and aesthetic significance, focusing on works from late 20th century and contemporary North and Latin America.

Montevideo: Editorial DobleEmme; Sala El Molino de Pérez, Galería Latina, 2001. b/w and color plates, draws., ports., bio/chron., chrons., bibl., pict. wrps. The exhibition is a tribute to artist Hilda López (B. Montevideo 1922-1996), an active member of the 60's movement in Uruguay known as Informalistas, a group of abstract expressionists painters, (Agustín Alamán, Nelson Ramos, Andrés Montani, Américo Spósito and others) that experiment with the deconstructive drawing or the anti-drawing to express movement in their works. A strong critic and an active militant against the military regime in Uruguay, her last paintings reflect the social conflict in her country.

(Portugal): Livros Horizonte, 2003. b/w and color plates., ind., chron., bibl., sepia pict. fldg. wrps. An evocative view of the Rossio (public plaza) Praça Dom Pedro IV in downtown Lisbon, Portugal through 115 antique postal cards.

São Paulo: Museu da Casa Brasileira, 2001. color plates, bios., bibl., color wrps. Exhibition of designs of furniture, lighting fixtures, and household items from 1997-2000 collected at the Museum of the Brazilian House in São Paulo.

México: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, CONACULTA; Curare, A.C., 2002. b/w and color plates, ind., cat., hem., bibl., color pict. fldg. wrps. Revisionist history of art in Mexico, 1920-1950. Collection of 12 essays on little-studied aspects of art of this period by leading scholars. (N.B. Tomo 3 has been issued before volume 2). Subscriptions for future volumes available.

Santiago de Chile: RIL editores, 2006. duo tone plates, ports., maps., ind., duo tone pict. fldg. wrps. OCLC: 123472351. Photographer Acevedo created a series of documentary/fine art photographs to portray what he calls the forgotten towns and people of Chile between 1995 and 2005. Acevedo traveled through 67 rural towns of central Chile and visited the 4 largest mental asylums of the country, capturing in his sepia images the beauty and also the loneliness of the rural people and of those psychologically confined. All images are accompanied by poetry from Charles Pierre Baudelaire (b. France 1821-1867). Acevedo has won a number of scholarships and prizes for his photographs, including: Beca Kodak Chile, Fondart, Premio Ford Motor Company and Beca Fundación Andes.

México: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 1994. b/w plates, port., bio., bibl., pict. wrps. A study of the illustrations/caricatures of Constantino Escalante (b. Mexico 1836-1868) found in the journal LA ORQUESTRA from 1861-1868. Escalante's caricatures focused on the tumult of the French intervention, the restoration of the Republic and the governorship of Benito Juárez. LIMITED EDITION OF 1000.

Lima: Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano, ICPNA; Universidad Ricardo Palma, 2004. b/w and color plates (1 fldg.), frontis, facs., cat., tbl., map, draws., appen., bibliographical references, color pict. fldg. wrps. Catalog of an exhibition held at Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano, and Universidad Ricardo Palma. Richly illustrated exhibition catalogue of hand painted polychrome glazed ceramic and majolica pieces from Peru. Includes the history of glazed ceramic in Peru, a list of known colonial ceramic and tile workshops and a study on Inca iconography in the colonial majolica by Francisco Stastny. The pieces from private collections and museums in Peru. Curated by Sara Acevedo Basurto. CONTENTS: Pasión por el arte popular / Luis Repetto Málaga -- La loza de la tierra: cerámica vidriada en el Perú / Sara Acevedo -- Cerámica vidriada en el sur andino entre la tradición y la modernidad / Elizabeth Cuon Arce y Roberto Samanez Argumendo -- Iconografía inca en mayólicas coloniales /… Read More

México, D.F.: El Archivero Libros de Artista, 1990. b/w plates, unbound, brown wrps. with red ink stamp in front cover. Artist book with reproductions of aquaforte prints made by noted artist Gilberto Aceves Navarro (Mexico 1931-2019).

México: Ediciones Era/Montevideo, Ediciones Trilce, 2001. plus b/w and color plates, ports., pict. wrps. Biography of an a revolutionary writer (1905-1985), collaborator of Mari Tegui, a Sandinista, lover of David Alfaro Siqueiros, press secretary for Perón, friend of Huidobro and Neruda, a protagonist in shooting of Chilean facist Patricio Kelly, admirer of Pinochet, wife of Uruguayan poet Juan Parra del Riego, and more.

Santiago de Chile: LOM Ediciones; Ediciones Trilce, 2000. plus b/w and color plates, ports., pict. wrps. Biography of an a revolutionary writer (1905-1985), collaborator of Mari Tegui, a Sandinista, lover of David Alfaro Siqueiros, press secretary for Perón, friend of Huidobro and Neruda, a protagonist in shooting of Chilean facist Patricio Kelly, admirer of Pinochet, wife of Uruguayan poet Juan Parra del Riego, and more.

Aguascalientes, Ags., Méx: Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, 2007. (New). b/w and color plates, ind., tbls., plans., map, elevations, appen., bibl., color pict. wrps. OCLC: 244824858. An important study that includes an inventory that accounts the lost and altered state of the constructed architectural patrimony and public spaces from the colonial period to the mid- 20th century of the downtown section of the city of Aguascalientes. The author exposes the reality of the deterioration process in architectonic and urban spaces and offers solution alternatives through well elaborated conservation policies. En este libro se analisa la pérdida y los procesos de alteración del Patrimonio Arquitectónico en el siglo XX, con el fin de re-delimitar el centro histórico de Aguascalientes; existiendo la disyuntiva actual, siempre influyente, del cambio sobre la permanencia, presentándose una ausencia de doctrinas conservadoras en la sociedad moderna local. En este estudio el autor nos presenta la… Read More

Santa Fe, Argentina: Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 2004. b/w and color plates, plans, elevation plan, facs., ind, color pict. wrps. OCLC: 62575242. Architectural history and a photographic memoir of the art deco architecture of the University's Law School in Santa Fe in Argentina, constructed in 1935 by architect Manuel Torres Armengol. The publication features images of the original furniture, the academic staff and devotes one chapter to the School Library and its unique book collection. Contents: Presentación -- La ciudad en perspectiva / Luis Müler -- La identidad fragmentada / Maria Martina Acosta -- Construir el edificio. Memoria fotográfica -- Construir la memoria. Ensayo fotográfico.

Santiago de Chile: Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Ediciones de la, 2013. b/w plates, facs., bibliographical references, wrps. OCLC: 867028234. The four texts that comprise the present edition are fundamental for a better understanding of the Chilean art history between late 19th century and early 20th, the stimulating dispute between defenders and detractors of the colonial world which culminated with the dismantling of the liberal and republican interest for the culture of the colony. In those decades is when the idea, still dominant today in the most conservative historiography, that in Chile there was never a colonial culture or Baroque art which. The present historic documents are evidence of the opposite: "To implement the doctrine of progress, in the 19th century predominated a policy which choose to bring down most of the colonial buildings or transform them until they were unrecognizable, a process that would transfer also to the elimination of private houses, old baroque furniture, portraits… Read More

Barcelona, Spain: Editorial Gustavo Gili, S. A., 2002. b/w plates, indices, bibl., bio/chrons., frontis, pict, fldg. wrps. Revised and augmented edition of the 1976. Essay on the different techniques used in the manipulation of photography and photomontage for political, art, satire, commerical purposes. Includes Dada artists of Heartfield, Lissitzki, Rodchenko and Max Ernst. A basic reference on subject.

México, D.F.: Arquine, 2022. b/w and color plates, facs., plans, elevations, color endpapers, green boards. "AGEndA has developed a hybrid sensibility that combines highly modernist universal convictions with a vernacular sense of scale and form. This is possible by defining and situating a practice within the notion of tropical space: a homogeneous existence with an abstract sense of time that derives its sensibility from the tropical zone where the seasons are indistinguishable from one another and regardless of local boundaries. and national." Mark Lee. CONTENTS: Regionalismo en un campo expandido cómo AGENdA aprendió a no preocuparse por lo crítico y a querer/valorar lo tropical / Mark Lee -- De lo universal/local a lo regional La llegada tardía del modernismo y su temprana partida -- De lo regional a lo tropical -- Del neoliberalismo a un nuevo modelo global/vernáculo -- Prólogo -- Introducción -- Un manifiesto de pruebas ausentes -- Alejarse de los lugares comunes -- Posicionamiento --… Read More

São Paulo: Atelié Editorial, FAPESP, 2002. b/w plates, facs., ports., illus., plans, map, bibl., ind., pict. fldg. wrps. Account of the trips of architects Frank Lloyd Wright to Brazil (c. 1931) and Vilanova Artigas to U.S.A. (c. 1946) and the results and legacies of their experiences. In Wright's visit to Rio de Janeiro, he outlined his ideas and views for the future which help to inspire and fuel the Brazilian modernist movement in the 1930's. The journey of Artigas, furthered the young architect's enthusiasm for Wright and inspiration for numerous future projects in Brazil.

Santiago de Chile: Centro de Arte, 2021. b/w and color plates, facs., ports., color pict. wrps. NUMBERED OF LIMITED EDITION 69/200. Series of photographs by Chilean photographer Carolina Agüero that have not been previously presented as part of any exhibition or series. A material that, despite being unpublished, is a compilation of images taken during the last 12 years. It is a series of portraits that address in an intimate and documentary way the rite of transformation and the performative rudeness of a group of transgenders, to portray what she called "Local Identity of Valparaíso". CONTENTS: Utopia, mi cuerpo no es mi cuerpo / Constanza S. Gómez.

Buenos Aires: Kliczkowski Publisher; LOFT Publications, 2001. color plates, advts., plans, elevations, ind., color pict. wrps. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXTS of pub/bar architecture.

Provo, Utah: Brigham Young Univ, 1975. (Ex-lib. mkgs.).. b/w plates, illus., map, tbls., plus fldg. map, plan, tbl., wrps. 26.5cm.