Cadáver

ClassificationsDrawings

Artist José Luis Cuevas (Mexican, 1931 - 2017)

Date1953

Made AtMexico, Central America, North America

MediumMixed media on paper

Dimensions11 1/2 × 19 in. (29.2 × 48.3 cm)
Framed: 18 × 25 × 1 in. (45.7 × 63.5 × 2.5 cm)

Credit LineAnonymous Gift

Object number2016.5.23

DescriptionJose Luis Cuevas is a Mexican artist and activist who directly challenged the Mexican mural movement In his drawings, Cuevas takes inspiration from the graphic works of Francisco Goya, Pablo Picasso, José Guadalupe Posada, and José Clemente Orozco, particularly those illustrating distorted animals and the corruption of humanity. In addition to creating distorted forms in his works of art, Cuevas often utilizes fragmented viewpoints in his illustrations, as his drawing featuring a truncated cadaver illustrates. Cuevas lived in the United States in 1977 and 1989, when he worked in residencies at the University of Seattle and Pasadena City College. The artist’s present location and his whereabouts at the time of the creation of Cadáver are unknown.

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