Bookmark this page or copy and paste URL to Email message Francisco Zuniga collection, 1945-1980MS 254
Biographical NoteFrancisco Zuniga was born in Costa Rica in 1912. As a youth he studied drawing at the School of Fine Arts of San Jose. He had intended to study in Europe but was unable to, due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Instead he went to Mexico where he was influenced by the prehispanic sculptures in the Anthropology Museum in Mexico City. In 1938 Zuniga joined the faculty of "La Esmeralda," the prestigious Mexican school of painting and sculpture of the National Institute of Fine Arts. As a sculptor and a painter, Zuniga's works consist almost exclusively of the human female figure. Over his lifetime Zuniga had over 50 individual showings and his works are owned by galleries and museums worldwide. Francisco Zuniga died August 9, 1998 in Mexico City. Scope and Content NotePhotographs and background material that Sheldon Reich used in his book Francisco Zuniga, Sculptor, published in 1980. Although most of the photographs depict figurative sculpture, some also show the preliminary crayon, pencil, and ink sketches. Other material includes eight of Zuniga's exhibition catalogs, and audio cassettes of Reich's interviews with him in 1976. Transcripts of the tapes are present, as are early drafts of the book, letters from Zuniga, essays by Zuniga and others about art, newspaper clippings about his work, and photocopies of journal articles. Some materials in Spanish. OrganizationThis collection is organized into three series:Series I: Materials relating to the book
Francisco Zuniga, Sculptor Series II: Exhibition Catalogs Series III: Photographs and Audio Tapes RestrictionsRestrictionsNone. CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright. Access TermsPersonal Name(s) Reich, Sheldon Subject(s) Figure sculpture, Mexican -- Pictorial works Sculptors -- Interviews Sculptors -- Mexico Genre Form(s) Audio Tapes Correspondence Exhibition Catalogs Photographs Transcripts Administrative InformationCredit LineFrancisco Zuniga collection(MS 254).Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries. Container List
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