Vicente do Rego Monteiro

Quelques Visages From Paris
graphic printing
1925
24,5 x 21 cm
signed
This is an artist's book, printed by Juan Dura, "Quelques Visages de Paris" original published in Paris, in 1925. This copy nº: 277/300.
Dedication with the artist's signature, upper right corner:
"A. Mr. Leon Treich Respectively V. de Rego Monteiro Paris 5 / 2 / 1925.".
The book shows 11 illustrations inspired by the graphic themes of the Marajoara culture, of the main monuments of Paris accompanied by small poems. The author of the texts and drawings is a fictional Indian who, leaving his village in the middle of the Amazon forest, would have spent a few days in the French capital.
Article published about the work:
Squeff. Leticia. Paris under the wild eye: Quelques Visages de Paris (1925), by Vicente do Rego Monteiro. In: The savage and the civilized in the arts, photography and literature of Brazil. Campinas, SP. UNICAMP, Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences, 2010. Org. Alexander Gaiotto Miyoshi. p. 57 to 81.

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