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Dates

Del 10/9/2008 al 1/9/2009

Inauguración

10/9/2008

(18:30 h)

Horario de visita

L- V 9:00 -17:00, S 09:00-13:00

Location

Instituto Cervantes - Gallery
31 W. Ohio St.
60654 Chicago Illinois
(ESTADOS UNIDOS)

Alfonso Reyes. The path between life and fiction

exhibition

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Details

Work: 34 óleos y dibujos, 2 esculturas, 1 biombo, 18 documentos y manuscritos, 26 libros, 70 fotografías y 4 audiovisuales.
Author: Alfonso Reyes, Manuel Rodríguez Lozano, Roberto Montenegro, Foujita, Cándido Portinari, José Moreno Villa, Daniel Vázquez Díaz, Carlos Fuentes, Elvira Gascón...
Chronology: Entre 1930- 1950
Técnica: Paneles didácticos, óleos, grabados, esculturas, fotografías, libros y documentos
Tamaño: Tamaños varios
Procedencia: Capilla Alfonsina- INBA, Colección Perea Carrión
Catalogue: Catálogo en castellano con textos, entre otros, de Héctor Perea (comisario), Leonardo Martínez Carrizales, Regina Crespo o Paulette Patout. Se acompaña de imágenes de fotografías y documentos de Alfonso Reyes y de cuadros de Diego Rivera, Cándido Portinari o Rodríguez Lozano.

Entidades Organizadoras

Instituto Cervantes (Chicago)


Collaborating Organisation

Gobierno del Estado de Nuevo León (México)


Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes de México (INBA)


Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de México


Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)


Consulado General de México (Chicago)


Opening reception: Thursday, October 9, at 6:30pm

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