by Artist (5)
Object Results
No image available.
Bookmark (persistent url): https://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/objects-1/info/3950
Ancient Witch (Hechizera Antigua)
196920th century
765 x 565 mm (30.1 x 22.2 in.)
José Luis Cuevas, Mexican, b. born 1934
Object Type:
print
Medium and Support:
Lithograph printed in yellow, brown, and brown-black inks on white Arches paper
Print impression quality:
Excellent
Series:
from set Homage to Quevedo
Edition:
49/100; printed by Collector’s Press, San Francisco, 1969
Marks:
Signed in pencil, lower right: “Cuevas”; lettering in border of medallion reads “VIDA” (Life) repeated
Bibliography:
Cat. no. 165.
Credit Line:
Gift of Walter E. Donaghy (BA Wesleyan 1963), 1982
Accession Number:
1982.38.5
Keywords
Click a term to view the records with the same keyword
This object has the following keywords:
- literature (writings)
- magic - Study and practice of ritual activities intended to control or influence human or natural events through the invocation of external and impersonal mystical forces beyond the ordinary human sphere; typical ritual activities include the manipulation of special objects and the recitation of spells. [October 1994 scope note added; related term added.]
- occult sciences - Range of studies, theories, and practices involving a belief in and knowledge or use of supernatural forces or beings, the goal of practice being the manipulation or subversion of natural laws to achieve some desired purpose. [November 1994 related term added. October 1994 scope note added; lead-in terms added; alternate term added. July 1994 related term added. January 1994 related term added.]
- witches - Those who practice witchcraft. [October 1994 descriptor added.]
Dimensions
- sheet Dimensions: 765 x 565 mm (30.1 x 22.2 in.)
DAC Downloadable Open Access Image
No open access image available
Credit Caption
José Luis Cuevas, Mexican, b. born 1934 . Ancient Witch (Hechizera Antigua), 1969. From Homage to Quevedo. Lithograph printed in yellow, brown, and brown-black inks on white Arches paper. sheet : 765 x 565 mm (30.1 x 22.2 in.). DAC accession number 1982.38.5. Gift of Walter E. Donaghy (BA Wesleyan 1963), 1982.