An Autobiography

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1962. Cloth, 171 pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 cm. Topstained orange. Texas Pan-American Series. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. CONTENTS: Introduction; Presentation; 1. Posada Inspires Me. San Carlos. Fabres. 2. Dr. Atl and Julio Ruelas. Artistic Colonialism. The Revolution in Mexican Painting. Copying Velazquez. 3. Gedovius' Studios. Rival Exhibitions in 1910. The Artistic Center. The Son of Ahuizote. The Student Strike. Raziel Cabildo. 4. Ramos Martinez. Barbizon in Santa Anita. My Studio on Illescas. My Wartime Exploits. Victoriano Huerta. Gambling Halls and Conscription. The Theatre Maria Tepache. 5. Dr. Atl Returns. Handing Out Money. The House of the World Worker. Orizaba. Storming and Sacking Churches. Red Battalions. The Vanguard. 6. Customs Officers in Laredo, Texas. San Francisco, California. Fernando G. Galvan and Company. The League of Nations. Expulsion from Canada. 7. Shocks and Conflicts. Mass Meetings. The Bearded Lady. Costumed Fleas. The Sermon on the Mount Falsified. The Donkey Paints a Picture. 8. The Table Is Set. First Efforts. The Painters, Their Critical Powers. Jean Charlot. European Painting. Artists Today. 9. The Syndicate of Painters and Sculptors. The Manifesto. Socialization of Art. Bourgeois Art and Proletarian Art. Rectifications. 10. The History of Mexico. Indians, Spaniards, and Mestizos. How the Conquest Should Have Gone. 11. The Machete. The United Group of the Working Class Movement. Asunsolo and His Stonecutters. Vandalism. Fanfare. Pulque-Shop Painting. 12. My Second Visit to New York. Harlem. The Yiddish Theatre. Naples in New York. Alma Reed and Eva Sikelianos. And Sarojini Naidu. The Untouchables. 13. I Become a Greek. Laurel Wreaths. The Crash. Surrealistic Economy. The Delphic Studios. The Tsar of Russia's Clock. Pomona and Prometheus. Home, Sweet Home. 14. Painting in the School for Social Research. Dynamic Symmetry. The Secret of Beauty. 15. Raphael's Cartoons-London, Paris, Italy, and Spain. Dartmouth College. Index.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.