{"product_id":"francisco-matto-francisco-matto-9780981573830","title":"Francisco Matto: The Modern and the Mythic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first comprehensive U.S. publication on a pioneer of Latin American art\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEstablishing congruences between Modernist abstraction and the Pre-Columbian traditions of the ancient Americas, Uruguayan artist Francisco Matto (1911-1995) was a pioneer of Latin American art, and one of the most significant students of El Taller Torres-Garc?, the workshop school established by Joaqu? Torres-Garc?. Matto remained in his native Montevideo, Uruguay for all of his life, and was financially secure enough to not need to sell or promote his work; consequently, it rarely circulates in international exhibitions, instead remaining in the estate of the artist and a few private collections in Montevideo, New York, Houston and Belgium. \u003ci\u003eThe Modern and the Mythic\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive U.S. publication on Matto, and presents more than five decades of artistic production, from the artist's early work under Torres-Garc? to his late works of the 1990s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Francisco Matto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0981573835\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780981573830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blanton Museum of Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 6.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Francisco Matto","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926971449599,"sku":"9780981573830","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_108a70c2-b335-4043-9ba6-cd99851916cb.jpg?v=1681086061","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/francisco-matto-francisco-matto-9780981573830","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}