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Dover Publications, Published 1990. Wraps, 16 pp.; 31 cm; illustrated with 24 full-color postcard reproductions (titled "Mexican Mural Cards" on cover and title page; the copyright-page title is "Mexican Mural Postcards by Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros: 24 Full-Color Ready-to-Mail Cards").
In Very Good condition. Glossy pictorial paper covers reproducing details of Rivera's Night of the Poor, Orozco's Maternity, and Siqueiros' From Porfirio's Dictatorship to Revolution; mild shelf wear to covers. Staple bound; binding tight. All 24 full-color postcards intact on their perforated leaves, unused and unmarked; card backs clean with the printed Dover attribution line. Interior text pages clean and unmarked, with the historical introduction "The Mexican Muralists" printed on the inside front cover, the title page, and continued on the inside back cover.[From back cover] The great muralists of Mexico created one of the most spectacular and influential artistic movements of the 20th century, and set in motion an aesthetic revolution that is currently the focus of renewed excitement and interest worldwide. This superb collection presents full-color postcard reproductions of twenty-four works by three major figures in the movement: Diego Rivera (1886-1957), José Clemente Orozco (1883-1949) and David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974). Most of the images in this collection are details from murals that have become icons of modern art. Among them are Rivera's Night of the Poor, Orozco's Maternity and Siqueiros' From Porfirio's Dictatorship to Revolution. Monumental and stylized in form, boldly colorful, passionately political, these masterpieces of Mexican art are potent images from the work of powerfully original artists. An historical introduction and individual captions offer an enlightening commentary on their rare achievement.