Finding aid for the César Moro papers, ca. 1925-1987, (bulk ca. 1925-1956)
Title:
César Moro papers
Dates:
1854-1997 (bulk 1925-1956)
Number:
980029
Creator/Collector:
Moro, César, d. 1956
Extent:
8.0 linear feet
(12 boxes, 1 flat file folder)
Abstract:
The papers of Peruvian Surrealist poet and artist César Moro include notebooks, drafts of poems, manuscripts of articles,
personal diaries, exhibition catalogs, photographs, and correspondence with a number of other artists of the era, including
André Coyné, Benjamin Péret, Paul Eluard, Leonora Carrington, Wolfgang Paalen, and Rufino Tamayo. Also included are two collages
by Moro, a watercolor by Alice Rahon [Paalen], an etching by Wolfgang Paalen, and several works by mentally ill patients at
the Hospital Larco Herrera, where Moro taught. The collection also includes books and journals from Moro's personal library.
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Language:
Collection material is in Spanish and French.
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute Special Collections 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100 Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688 (310) 440-7390
