There Was a Peacock: The Drawings of Juan Ezekiel Fontana

Juan Ezekiel Fontana (1930-2018) was a Mexican journalist who covered some of the twentieth century's most tragic events, notably the French-Algerian War and the Troubles in Northern Ireland. He produced, along the way, many hundreds of small drawings in sketchbooks of varied sizes. In 2017, the American memoirist and poet, Harvey Mudd, was invited to help Fontana curate his drawings for the purpose of creating an album for Fontana's daughter. This volume contains Mudd's journal describing his work with Fontana. Mudd came away convinced that the drawings were more than just evidence of Fontana's eccentricity. Phillipe (Fripon) de St. Cloud, the art historian who prepared this catalogue raisonn, had this to say about Fontana's work:

Product details

• Authors: Harvey Mudd
• Publisher: Porcupine Pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9780990859758
• ISBN: 978-0-9908597-5-8
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 213 mm x 277 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 1111 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous