© Javier Arevalo
Currently not on view
Los Encuentros (Encounters),
1990
Javier Arevalo, 1937– 2020; born and died Guadalajara, Mexico
2001-47
Intertwining hands, heads, and faces create a parade of expressions in Los Encuentros. Marching along the exterior edges of the image, these figures might equally suggest a crowd assembling on a plaza, the cacophony of a lively conversation, or the many moods of an individual. Arevalo combines the techniques and compositional strategies of the two sources of his training: the Mexican muralists and academic lessons of figure painting taught at the National School of Arts in Mexico City. His talent was recognized early in his life; at age ten, he began studying drawing, painting, and calligraphy with Jorge Martínez, an assistant to muralist José Orozco.
Information
Title
Los Encuentros (Encounters)
Dates
1990
Maker
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 47 × 60 cm (18 1/2 × 23 5/8 in.)
sheet: 53.5 × 78.4 cm (21 1/16 × 30 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of David L. Meginnity, Class of 1958
Object Number
2001-47
Place Made
North America, Mexico
Signatures
Signed in graphite, lower right: Arevalo | Mex / 90
Inscription
in graphite, lower left: P/A
in graphite, lower center: "Los Encuentros"
Culture
Materials
Techniques
Subject
Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (by 2000; sold to Meginnity); David L. Meginnity, Class of 1958, Santa Monica, CA and New Smyrna Beach, FL (until 2001; bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum).
Los Encuentros
