Martin Ramirez: The Last Works Tapa dura - 2008

San Francisco, CA: Pomegranate, 2008 160pp. Boards have a bend. Spine is slightly cocked. Top edge of boards are lightly sunned. Edges of jacket have creases. Front wrap has a small slit near the spine heel. Jacket is lightly sunned along the edges. Spine panel and flap folds are lightly sunned. Rear panel has a three-inch crease near the spine. Jacket has light scuffs. Text is unmarked. 9780764946950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus/Good Plus Jacket.

New York: Ricco/Maresca Gallery, 2008. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Mint, in original shrinkwrap. Fine in Fine DJ.. Folio in white DJ, 160 pages, color illustrations; 32 cm. "Brooke Davis Anderson describes the moment as a "curator's dream come true." In 2007 a collection of more than 130 works on paper by Martín Ramírez surfaced, all created in the early 1960s, just before his death in 1963. Until this discovery, Ramírez's known oeuvre consisted of about 300 drawings and collages. These "last works" shine new light on an artist now revered as one of the self-taught masters of the twentieth century. Martín Ramírez (1895-1963) immigrated to the United States from his native Mexico at the age of thirty. Diagnosed with mental illness soon after, Ramírez would spend the second half of his life in mental institutions. It was at DeWitt State Hospital in Northern California that Ramírez began exhibiting a remarkable drive for artistic expression,… Leer más

Pomegranate. New. 2008. Hardcover. 0764946951 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- Text in English with portion also in Spanish. 160 pp. (2 foldouts) with 151 col. Ills. 32 x 24 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- .