DIEGO RIVERA’S FRESCOES IN THE NATIONAL PALACE OF MEXICO CITY. 1949. SIGNED AND DATED BY RIVERA.

Mexico: R. S. Silva, 1949

18 x 12.5cm, 48pp. Card covers with pictorial dustjacket.

First edition of this tourist booklet sponsored by the Mexican Government and aimed at US visitors. After returning to the country after 14-years in the USA and elsewhere, Rivera was soon recognised as one of the most important of the “Mexican mural movement” – the Government realised the economic importance of the works and published this guide.

Sixteen works are reproduced in b/w and have extensive English texts.

All copies are scarce but this copy is uniquely signed in ink by Rivera vertically on the front dustjacket in ink and dated 1950. Sadly the card covers have come away from the staples although the break is clean – the rest of the book is very good + with only minor browning to the cover.