Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas
Title: Jack the Ripper
Medium: Original Lithograph, 1968
Dimensions: 20 x 30 in, 50.8 x 76.2 cm

José Luis Cuevas is considered as the leading artist of the Generación de la Ruptura as he was an early and very outspoken critic of the social-realist aesthetics of the Mexican muralist tradition. His main critiques focused on the "Muralists" and their depiction of the Mexican social composition and lifestyle, claiming their works were influenced by government patronage. His opposition to the status quo and his aggressive art style caused extreme reactions towards his work, including violent public outcries, written insults, personal threats and a machine-gun attack to his home.

This has earned him the nickname of "l'enfant terrible" of Mexican fine art. Cuevas is a worked primarily with etchings, illustrations, sculptures, and paintings, though he is perhaps best known for his drawings.

Galerie Filali is pleased to collaborate with our personal friend Galerie Mourlot, New York, to present a collection of rare lithographs from legendary Parisian printing house Atelier Mourlot.

Founded in Paris in 1852, Atelier Mourlot has been synonymous with fine art lithography for over 150 years. From 1930, under the direction of the founder’s grandson, Fernand Mourlot, leading artists were invited to the studio to collaborate on traditional limestone lithography. For artists like Cuevas, the medium provided an exciting new form of expression.

Each individual work of art comes with a Certificate of Provenance, signed, dated, stamped, and numbered by Eric Mourlot. Stored in a clear protective sleeve accompanying your piece, this Certificate of Provenance is recognized by all the major auction houses should you care to resell at any point. This ensures the validity of its origin and its being in the Mourlot archives since its production.