Viva Posada! A Salute to the Great Printmaker of the Mexican Revolution edited and introduced by Carlos Cortez

Last copies of the rare first edition, now available on the 100th anniversary year of Carlos Cortez's birth. Originally published on the 150th anniversary of Posada's birth (1852-2002), this book features 121 of the finest works by the great popular engraver and relief-etcher who inspired not only the Mexican muralists but also the international Surrealist movement as well as poster artists and radical cartoonists from all over the world. Also included here are excerpts from classic texts on the artist by Jean Charlot, Jose Clemente Orozco, Frida Kahlo, Andre Breton and others, as well as statements by poets and artists of our own time-Dennis Brutus, Rikki Ducornet, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Franklin Rosemont, Joseph Jablonski, Ted Joans, Casandra Stark Mele, and many more. Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5," 94 pages Materials: Softcover book   Carlos Cortez Beloved and inspiring Chicago artist and poet Carlos Cortez (1923-2005) was president of Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company for almost 20 years