{"id":9804,"date":"2013-09-21T07:46:30","date_gmt":"2013-09-21T14:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/?p=9804"},"modified":"2021-09-30T11:22:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T18:22:00","slug":"featured-jose-de-rivera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/archives\/featured-jose-de-rivera\/","title":{"rendered":"FEATURED: JOSE DE RIVERA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"first3words\">Jose de Rivera was an abstract-expressionist sculptor, who worked in metal. <\/span> He grew up on a sugar plantation and refinery in Louisiana, where his father was an engineer. The experience he gained there as a blacksmith proved useful when he later began constructing sculpture in metal. In 1930 De Rivera produced his first sculptures. These figurative pieces carved from a single brass rod, are related to the streamlined, elegant designs of Art Deco.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong> Hard bound with dust jacket. <span class=\"first3words\">INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED BY JOSE DE RIVERA <\/span> on the half title page. 254 pages with 220 color and b&amp;w illustrations. Introduction by Dore Ashton.\u00a0 Edited by Manuel Padorno and William McWillie Chambers. Documentation by Grace Borgenicht Gallery Inc. Designed by Rodrigo Aleman. Very minor wear to corners and edges of dust jacket. Minor sunning to spine edge, otherwise fine.\u00a0 A rare and sought after monograph on the life and sculptures of Jose De Rivera.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Bookseller Inventory #<\/strong> 24190<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/P1070595.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9810\" title=\"JoseDeRivera\" src=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/P1070595-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/P1070595-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/P1070595-851x1024.jpg 851w, https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/P1070595.jpg 1150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"sold\">SOLD<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Jose De Rivera Constructions<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Ashton, Dore; Marter, Joan<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Publisher: <\/strong>Taller Ediciones, Madrid<br \/>\n<strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> 1979<br \/>\n<strong>Binding:<\/strong> Hard Bound<br \/>\n<strong>Book Condition: <\/strong>Very Good<br \/>\n<strong>Dust Jacket Condition:<\/strong> Very Good<br \/>\n<strong>Signed:<\/strong> Inscribed by Artist<br \/>\n<strong>Edition:<\/strong> First Edition<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jose de Rivera was an abstract-expressionist sculptor, who worked in metal. He grew up on a sugar plantation and refinery in Louisiana, where his father was an engineer. The experience he gained there as a blacksmith proved useful when he later began constructing sculpture in metal. In 1930 De Rivera produced his first sculptures. These [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recently-sold"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9804"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14947,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9804\/revisions\/14947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}