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Man at the crossroads : Diego Rivera's mural at Rockefeller Center

Title
Man at the crossroads : Diego Rivera's mural at Rockefeller Center / Susana Pliego Quijano, Javier Aranda Luna ; Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, picture editing ; Trilce Ediciones, edition and design.
Author
Pliego Quijano, Susana
Publication
Mexico City : Trilce Ediciones : Museo Diego Rivera Anahuacalli, 2012

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Additional Authors
  • Aranda Luna, Javier, 1958-
  • Ortiz Monasterio, Pablo
  • Anahuacalli (Museum) issuing body.
  • Trilce Ediciones (Mexico City, Mexico) issuing body.
Description
166 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color); 43 cm.
Summary
The history of Rivera's ill-fated mural "Man at the Crossroads" at the Rockefeller Center in New York and the minute restoration of the sketches housed in the collections of the Museo Anahuacalli, complemented by a large number of letters, photos and other documents.
Subject
  • Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957. > History
  • Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957 > Public opinion
  • Rockefeller, Nelson A. 1908-1979 > Art patronage
  • Rockefeller Center. > History
  • Mural painting and decoration, Mexican > New York (State) > New York
  • Art > Mutilation, defacement, etc. > New York (State) > New York
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-128).
Language (note)
  • In English.
Contents
A commitment to art / Bank of America Merrill Lynch -- Introduction / Carlos Philips Olmedo -- Diego Rivera's Anahuacalli -- Diego Rivera in the USSR -- Diego and Frida, the years in the Unites States -- The construction of the Rockefeller Center -- Man at the Crossroads: Diego Rivera's Mural at Rockefeller Center / Susana Pliego Quijano -- The model for Man at the Crossroads -- Fresco painting -- The restoration / Carlos Enriquez Verdura
Call Number
ReCAP 14-38631
ISBN
  • 6077663387
  • 9786077663386
OCLC
  • 879373874
  • hkb20010103646
Author
Pliego Quijano, Susana, author.
Title
Man at the crossroads : Diego Rivera's mural at Rockefeller Center / Susana Pliego Quijano, Javier Aranda Luna ; Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, picture editing ; Trilce Ediciones, edition and design.
Imprint
Mexico City : Trilce Ediciones : Museo Diego Rivera Anahuacalli, 2012
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-128).
Language
In English.
Added Author
Aranda Luna, Javier, 1958- author.
Ortiz Monasterio, Pablo, editor.
Anahuacalli (Museum) issuing body.
Trilce Ediciones (Mexico City, Mexico) issuing body.
Research Call Number
ReCAP 14-38631
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