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Description:

"Catalog of an exhibition of 212 caricatures ranging from Joaquín Heredia to Francisco Toledo (the oldest dating from 1845), from the collection of Carlos Monsiváis, presented at Mexico's Museo de Arte Moderno in 1995. Texts by the collector himself and by Teresa del Conde and Rafael Barajas. Barajas' essay entitled 'Un país que no conoce su rostro está condenado a la caricatura' ('A country that does not know its own face is condemned to be a caricature') summarizes the intention of the exhibit and exhibitor. Monsiváis longs for a Mexican society with more self-criticism and humor"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

subjects: Art collections,  Caricatures and cartoons,  Pictorial Mexican wit and humor,  Private collections

People: Carlos Monsiváis (1938-2010)

Places: Mexico