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Covarrubias : esplendor del Pacífico / [coordinación editorial, Graciela Anaya Dávila Garibi].

Title
Covarrubias : esplendor del Pacífico / [coordinación editorial, Graciela Anaya Dávila Garibi].
Publication
México, D.F. : CONACULTA, c2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Anaya Dávila Garibi, Graciela.
  • Covarrubias, Miguel, 1904-1957
  • Maria y Campos, Alfonso de.
Description
88 p. : ill. (some col.); 28 cm.
Summary
Itinerant exhibition of 5 monumental mural maps painted by artist Covarrubias (b. Mexico) and exhibited in the Golden Gate International Exhibition held on Treasure Island in San Francisco, California from 1939 to 1940. The murals depict the multiethnic composition, flora, fauna, vernacular architecture, economy and transportation means of the Pacific Ocean zone. The murals have never been exhibited outside the United States and on this occasion will be shown in several venues in México. Exhibition curated by Alfonso de Maria y Campos, present INAH director and consul of México in San Francisco.
Alternative Title
Esplendor del Pacifico
Subjects
Genre/Form
Art
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Mapas murales para la exposición Internacional del Golden Gate, 1939-1940 / Alfonso de Maria y Campos Castelló -- Esplendor del Pácífico (1940) / Miguel Covarrubias.
ISBN
  • 9703511813
  • 9789703511815
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library