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New York: Nohra Haime Gallery, 2000. color plates, catalogue, biography/chronology, bibliographical references (pages 36-41), white wrappers, OCLC: 51603288. Catalogue for exhibition of chilean artist (b.1952, Santiago de Chile).

Santo Domingo: Francisco Nader Arte Latinoamericano Art Editions, 2004. b/w and color plates, ind., port., cat., bio/chrons., color pict. boards. Art gallery owner Francisco Nader presents a selection of the work along with the biography/chronography of more than 65 artists living and working in the Caribbean and Centro American countries, (including Colombia), some names presented are: Luis Breton, Gabriel Caldentey, Carlos Cancio, Jean-Adrien Seide, Eddy Ochoa, Wunderlich among others.

Lima: Universidad Alas Peruanas, 2003. Very Good. b/w plates, sigs., bibls., illus. endpapers, b/w pict. d.j. in color portfolio. The biographic book is a collection of excerpt of discourses and works by intellectual Basadre Grohmann (b. Peru 1903 - 1980), illustrated with photographs by "Chino" Dominguez. Basadre was a prominent historian whose magnum opus "Historia de la Republica" (1939), established him along other socialists free-thinkers of his generation like: Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Luis Alberto Sánchez and Hildebrando Castro Pozo. Book is to be distributed to all schools in Peru. ENGLISH, FRENCH, SPANISH AND QUECHUA TEXT.

México: Inst. Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 1991. b/w plates, illus., maps, cat., bibl., wrps. Catalogue of Prehispanic art objects from S.W. U.S. and W. México. LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000 COPIES.

Pasto, Colombia: Fondo Mixto de Cultura--Nariño, 1997. b/w plates, ills., ind., plans, tbls, facs. doc., bibliographical references (p. [149]-151), anex, pict. fldg. wrps. A historical look at the economic, political and cultural aspects of the town of San Juan de Pasto and the ways in which they have shaped its development. Research for this study based largely on primary sources. LIMITED EDITION OF 1000.

Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba: Sec. de Edo. da Cultura e do Esporte do Paraná, 1980. b/w plates, ports., wrps. "...O álbum Antonina dos meus dias, com fotos de Eduardo Nascimento, reúne vestígios do passado a imagens do presente. Artista de sensibilidade, estabelece o vínculo entre o que foi e o que está sendo: material a ser usado no futuro como auxiliar da história". Carlos Drummond de Andrade . Vestiges of the past meets the present picture. Artist sensitivity establishes the link between what was and what is being: material to be used as an aid in future of history. Nascimento (b. Antonina, Brazil, 1951) is an established award winning fine art phographer. Biography: Professor aposentado do Departamento de Design da Universidade Federal do Paraná. Graduado em Pintura e Licenciatura em Desenho pela EMBAP (77-79), mestre em Comunicação e Semiótica pela PUC-SP (94). Atua nas áreas das artes plásticas, fotografia e design gráfico. Participou das mais importantes mostras de artes e… Read More

São Paulo: Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo; Secretaria de Estado da Cultura; Governo do Estado de São Paulo, 2008. color plates, ports., cat., bios., color pict. fldg. wrps., OCLC: 298931940. Exhibition of 61 works by 47 artists in Brazil with Japanese ancestry. The exhibition covers from the 1920s to the present and is part of the collection of the museum. A exposição apresenta um significativo conjunto de 61 obras de autoria de 47 artistas brasileiros de origem ou ascendência japonesa, e busca constribuir de forma renovada, para a reflexão sobre essa produção desde os ultimos anos da década de 1920 até a atualidade.

Caracas: Unión Israelita de Caracas, 1981. b/w and color plates, ports., facs., wrps.

São Paulo: Ze do livro, 2003. b/w plates., ports., draws., illus., tbls., appen., color pict. fldg. wrps. A bienal compilation of current information regarding Brazilian cultural production with updated information on artists and producers along with issues like copyright, legal, communication and financial. This edition includes a current critical vision regarding the Brazilian cultural scene in 2004 with interviews with to Frei Betto, Luis Nassif, André Midani, Neylar Lins, Jorge Werthein (UNESCO), Washington Olivetto, Célia Cruz, Theca Alencar de Brito, Rubens Matuck, Ruy Cesar de Oliveira, Helena Katz and Oboré. More than 2000 addresses of the 3 cultural sectors (governmental, private and non-lucrative organizations).

Santiago de Chile: Galería Gabriela Mistral, 2007. color plates, bio/chron., color pict. wrps. Exhibition on harmony and nature in the recent work of Vilches (b. Chile, 1932). Nature and landscape comprise a realm that the artist has revisted over and over since the 1960s. Vilches has succeeded in imparting a new way of perveiving the print and in more recent years the photograph. His presence in this gallery is a respond to the culimination of 15 years of exhibitions that have featured emerging artist by presenting them throuh the lens of more established artists, such as Vilches. LIMITED EDITION OF 1500. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT.

Santiago de Chile: Galería Gabriela Mistral, 2008. color & b/w plates, ports., cat., bio/chron., color pict. fldg. wrps. "Out of Here" (Fuera de Aquí) is the title piece of the exhibition that relates to the historical precedent of utopianism as a starting point. The artist Gabler (b. Chile, 1970) proposes a journey through the opposite of that which is modern and that which is historical. He offters in both spaces two novelistic forms of leaving modernity behind. LIMITED EDITION OF 1500. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT.

México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1945. (Needs re-binding ). plus b/w plates, wrps.

México: Desireé Guadalupe Navarro López, 2002. color plates, ports., bio/chron., advs., d.j. Alphabetical guide to the world of fashion in Mexico that includes models, hair stylists, fashion designers, cosmetologists, and photographers. These celebrities, men and women, have contributed to create a very unique fashion world in Mexico. Includes biographical information on each celebrity.

Sevilla, Spain: Hospital de los Venerables; México : Museo Frans Mayer; Acapulco: Museo Histórico de Acapulco Fuerte de San Diego, 2000. color plates, facs., maps, bibliographical references (pages 277-278), color pict. wrps. MAJOR exhibition catalogue on the art, porcelains, trade between Mexico and China on the Manila Galleons. Emphasis on art and decorative arts. CONTENTS: Introducción -- La Carrera de Indias / Marina Alfonso Mola -- Más allá de Manila / Carlos Martínez Shaw -- Un océano de intercambios / Carmen Yuste -- Ensayando una doble vía. La ruta Cádiz-Manila / Antonio García-Abasolo -- Un microcosmos: el San Diego / Marina Alfonso Mola, Carlos Martínez Shaw.

São Paulo: Cosac & Naify Ediçoes, 1998. b/w and color plates, bio/chron., ind., color illus. endpapers, color pict. boards. PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH TEXT on noted Brazilian born (b.1965) sculptress who works with all kinds of wood.

Caracas: Ediciones Presidencia de la República, 2002. illus., bibl., visual poetry, color pict. fldg. wrps. Humorous texts describing certain personages and their occupations in Venezuela, including: lawyer, doctor, traveler, politician, diplomat, astronaut, bullfighter, painter among as seen by journalist Nazoa (b. Venezuela 1928-2001).

Cambridge; London: MIT Press, 1982. b/w and color plates, ports., pict. wrps.

México: UNAM, 1959. 97 b/w and color plates, ind., boards. FIRST EDITION. Biography of (b. Mexico 1898) renowned paint master with 97 reproductions of his art work.

Montevideo: Impresora Cordón, 1987. Very Good. ind., wrps.

Guatemala, C.A.: Edit. Piedra Santa, 1986. color plates, illus., bibl., wrps.