Antillanas by Carreno, Mario; Estudio Preliminar por Antonio R. Romera - 1949

Santiago De Chile: Cuadernos del Pacifico, 1949. One of the 100 copies that contain a sheet hand-colored by the artist, this copy additionally has the frontispiece illustration also hand-colored by the artist. Handsomely bound in contemporary green cloth over boards with decorative black morocco strip lettered in gilt at front cover and spine, ribbon marker, bound without the original wrappers. Typeface by Mauricio Amster. Near Fine, light soiling to boards, slight wear to morocco at board edge, small bookseller's plate front end page. Mario Carreno (1913-1999) was a Cuban-born Chilean painter known for his Cubist abstraction and surrealism with techniques seen in Mexican muralist paintings. A unique copy with the additional hand-colored illustration and in contemporary fine binding. . Limited Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.