Thursday, March 20, 2025

Sofía Bassi
(1913 - 1998)
 
Sofía Bassi  was a Mexican painter and writer noted for her surrealist work as well as her personal life, which included five years in prison for murder. She maintained an active career despite incarceration, painting her first mural in prison in Acapulco, with the assistance of Alberto Gironella, José Luis Cuevas, Rafael Coronel and Francisco Corzas. This mural can now be found at the municipal building of the city.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofía_Bassi



La Quijota
1997
Printmaking
64 x w-48 cm
Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Mexico
https://spacesforart.net/catalogo_udlap/?language=es&search=La%20Quijota
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