With a career that stretches over the course of 60 years, Geles Cabrera is known to be the first woman to have professionally practiced sculpture in Mexico. Her work focuses on the body and its form, and while the subject matter is common to other sculptors from her generation, her approach has always been more lyrical, addressing basic human issues and concerns such as loneliness, love, sexuality or the experience of motherhood. Although Cabrera developed a special skill and preference for stone, which became central to her practice, she also explored other materials such as clay, bronze, paper and even later in the 1970’s materials like molded acrylic, which have all given her room to experiment different ways of studying the human body and its geometry, allowing her to create simple and clear lines to emphasize the eroticism of its form.

Rare first edition book from a limited run. Beautiful black and white images of the sculptor’s work. Excellent condition with some minor wear.