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Avant-garde art and artists in Mexico

Presents the journals of Anita Brenner, a young reporter in Mexico during the 1920s, providing a detailed account of her experiences and observations as part of Diego Rivera's inner circle, a group of artists which included José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros, and features photographs of Brenner and images left out of her first book, "Idols Behind Altars."

Audience
adult
Length
epic · 861 pages

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