Untitled

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Untitled

2003

Alexis Leyva Machado (called Kcho) (Cuban, born 1970) Printed by La Siempre Habana Print Workshop, Coyoacan, Mexico City Published by Galería Habana-Mexico, Mexico City

An imaginative sculptor and superb draftsman, Alexis Leyva Machado, known as Kcho, is one of Cuba's most successful young artists. This large aquatint is one of five prints in the portfolio La Jungla, which are studies of a group of twelve-foot sculptures made of cane that Machado created for a junglelike installation in 2002. La Jungla is also the title of a work by the famous Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam (1902-1982), while the spiraling tower forms refer to Vladimir Tatlin's (Russian, 1885-1953) unrealized Monument to the Third International of 1920-the combination serving as Kcho's acknowledgment of his dual Communist and Cuban artistic heritage.

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Object Details

Titles:

Untitled
From the portfolio La Jungla (The Jungle)

Date:

2003

Artists:

Alexis Leyva Machado (called Kcho) (Cuban, born 1970) Printed by La Siempre Habana Print Workshop, Coyoacan, Mexico City Published by Galería Habana-Mexico, Mexico City

Medium:

Aquatint

Dimensions:

Plate: 17 1/2 x 23 3/4 inches (44.5 x 60.3 cm) Sheet: 24 x 29 inches (61 x 73.7 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with funds contributed by Maxine and Howard H. Lewis and Mr. and Mrs. Berton Korman, 2003

Accession Number:

2003-173-2

Geography:

Made in Mexico City, Mexico, North and Central America

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