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In Memoriam en el Centenario de Chavela Vargas by (Pascoe, Juan, printer); Guillermo Velázquez, Gilberto Gutiérrez, Caterina Camastra and Raúl Eduardo González - 2019

by (Pascoe, Juan, printer); Guillermo Velázquez, Gilberto Gutiérrez, Caterina Camastra and Raúl Eduardo González

In Memoriam en el Centenario de Chavela Vargas by (Pascoe, Juan, printer); Guillermo Velázquez, Gilberto Gutiérrez, Caterina Camastra and Raúl Eduardo González - 2019

In Memoriam en el Centenario de Chavela Vargas

by (Pascoe, Juan, printer); Guillermo Velázquez, Gilberto Gutiérrez, Caterina Camastra and Raúl Eduardo González

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Michoacán: Taller Martín Pescador, 2019. Limited edition. Broadside. Fine. Illustrated by Artemio Rodriguez.. Broadside. (12 by 18 inches), finely printed letterpress by Juan Pascoe on heavy stock.


This superb example of fine printing features a linocut by Artemio Rodriguez showing the famed Mexican singer Isabel Vargas Lizano (known as Chavela), wearing her trademark jorongo.


Issued in commemoration of the centenary of her birth. Four decimas by renowned poets in her honor have been finely printed letterpress at the Taller Martín Pescador.


The 'decima' is a ten-line form of poetry generally consisting of four stanzas, forty lines, in an ABBAACCDCC rhyme scheme. The decimas on this broadside are addressed to her, warmly praising her talent. .


Limited edition, though the limitation is unknown to us.


In Spanish. Shipped carefully rolled.

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  • Seller Thorn Books US (US)
  • Illustrator Illustrated by Artemio Rodriguez.
  • Format/Binding Broadside
  • Book Condition Used - Fine
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition Limited edition
  • Publisher Taller Martín Pescador
  • Place of Publication Michoacán
  • Date Published 2019