RARE Cesar Manrique in New York Exhibition Book 1996 to 1997 Lanzarote Artist
Catalogue and guide book to the 1996 retrospective Cesar Manrique exhibition in New York. Cesar had lived and exhibited in New York for a few years when he lived there until 1968, he then returned to Lanzarote, where he began his definitive work on the island.
But the New Yorkers loved him and missed him and in his homage, following his unexpected death in a car crash in 1992, New York gave a retrospective exhibition in his honour featuring photos and works from his time spent there in the 1960's.
Published by the Cesar Manrique Foundation 1996 and copyrighted, 1st Edition. Very good condition, soft cover very good.
The book is small in stature (measures 14cm x12cm), but has more than two hundred pages full of colour and black and white photos of the beauty of his time spent there. The descriptions are in Spanish, but easily translated.
Please ask if you have any questions at all - I am more than happy to answer:
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Catalogue and guide book to the 1996 retrospective Cesar Manrique exhibition in New York. Cesar had lived and exhibited in New York for a few years when he lived there until 1968, he then returned to Lanzarote, where he began his definitive work on the island.
But the New Yorkers loved him and missed him and in his homage, following his unexpected death in a car crash in 1992, New York gave a retrospective exhibition in his honour featuring photos and works from his time spent there in the 1960's.
Published by the Cesar Manrique Foundation 1996 and copyrighted, 1st Edition. Very good condition, soft cover very good.
The book is small in stature (measures 14cm x12cm), but has more than two hundred pages full of colour and black and white photos of the beauty of his time spent there. The descriptions are in Spanish, but easily translated.
Please ask if you have any questions at all - I am more than happy to answer:
FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING INCLUDED IN PRICE.
Cesar Manrique transformed the island of Lanzarote, his birthplace, during his lifetime. Tragically killed in a fatal car accident in 1992, at just 72 years old, he was fundamentally an environmentalist, artist, sculptor and architect, deep thinker and lover and protector of his homeland. His work saved Lanzarote from becoming yet another spoiled Spanish tourist resort - destroyed by the need and greed to create an income from tourism at any cost. Manrique never forgot the history and heritage of his native island, built on volcanic lava and rock. He created a utopia of visitors' sites from the natural materials of the island - lava, rock, volcanic ash, whitewashed houses, cactus, palms and sand and sea and a vision of the volcanic island life that we hope will never be lost. Long may his legacy live on, as we take in the breathtaking beauty of his creations.
I myself was lucky to have been influenced by the island and the man himself, and of course the beautiful people of Lanzarote. My daughter is a Conejera (a female born in Lanzarote). This is my collection of work from both Cesar and the island of Lanzarote itself. Please do let me know know if there is anything you are looking for as I may be able to find it for you. I now live in Almeria in South Eastern Spain, a desert area that is also inspirational and recalls aspects of the island of Lanzarote. I am a total Hispanophile and Manriquephile, who will never forget Cesar Manrique's incredible artistry and influence on creating a world of art combined with nature.
