COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Covarrubias, Miguel (1904 - 1957)
Date:
1942
Short Title:
Covarrubias America.
Publisher:
Associated American Artists
Publisher Location:
New York
Type:
Separate Map
Type:
Advertisement
Obj Height cm:
47
Obj Width cm:
31
Note:
A small advertisement version of the map. Includes much descriptive text.
World Area:
North America
Country:
United States
Country:
Canada
Country:
Mexico
Subject:
Pictorial map
Full Title:
Covarrubias America.
List No:
8759.001
Page No:
map + text
Series No:
1
Publication Author:
Covarrubias, Miguel (1904 - 1957)
Pub Date:
1942
Pub Title:
(Advertisement for the "Covarrubias America" map).
Pub Note:
Advertisement flier for map. Full color. Miguel Covarrubias was an artist, author, ethnologist, and anthropologist. He was Mexican born in 1904. He moved to New York City in 1923, and became a popular illustrator, known in particular for his Vanity Fair covers, New Yorker illustrations and his caricatures, which he also published in book form. He traveled the world and became fascinated with Balinese art and culture. Covarrubias integrated his studies in ethnography and anthropology with his artistic talents in his maps, which he produced for publication and as murals. He developed a recognizable style integrating cartography and pictorial images that was aligned with that of Mexican mural painters such as Diego Rivera, whom he knew. Perhaps his best known works are a set of six mural-size maps of the Pacific region which he executed for the Pacific House at the San Francisco World's Fair.
Pub List No:
8759.000
Pub Type:
Ephemera
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
31
Pub Width cm:
23
Image No:
8759001.jp2
Authors:
Covarrubias, Miguel (1904 - 1957)
Link To Source
Covarrubias America.
