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Covarrubias, Miguel, 1904-1957

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Personal name headingCovarrubias, Miguel, 1904-1957
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Variant(s)Covarrubias Duclaud, Miguel, 1904-1957
Duclaud, Miguel Covarrubias, 1904-1957
Covarrubias Duclaud, José Miguel, 1904-1957
Associated countryMexico
LocatedU.S.
Birth date1904-11-22
Death date1957-02-04
Place of birthMexico City, Mexico
Place of deathMexico City, Mexico
Profession or occupationCaricaturist Ethnologist Art historian
Found inThe Prince of Wales and other famous Americans ... 1925.
Miguel Covarrubias, 1993: p. 7 (Miguel Covarrubias Duclaud)
Wikipedia, Oct. 12, 2011 (Miguel Covarrubias; José Miguel Covarrubias Duclaud; b. 22 November 1904; d. 4 February 1957; Mexican painter and caricaturist, ethnologist and art historian; in 1924 he moved to New York City, eventually becoming one of Vanity Fair magazine's premier caricaturists; he also began to design sets and costumes for the theater. Miguel returned to live in Mexico City where he continued to paint, illustrate and write. Covarrubias is known for his analysis of the pre-Columbian art of Mesoamerica, particularly that of the Olmec culture, and his theory of Mexican cultural diffusion to the north, particularly to the Mississippian Native American Indian cultures)
RedEscolar - Portal Educativo, viewed Oct. 12, 2011 (Miguel Covarrubias nació en la ciudad de México en 1904 y murió en 1957)
   <http://redescolar.ilce.edu.mx/publicaciones/publi_quepaso/miguel_covarrubias.htm>
Associated languagespa eng
Invalid LCCNn 86840089