(Juarez, Roberto)illus. THE KINGDOM OF THIS WORLD by Alejo Carpentier, with etchings by Roberto Juarez, and an introduction by John Hersey. Limited Editions Club, NY, 1987. Edition of 750 copies, signed by artist and by Hersey (this copy also signed by Bruce Chandler, the printer). Folio, black goatskin and red cloth, black cloth slipcase, 104pp., with seven etchings, chine colle, together with a separate suite of the etchings, in very large Folio format, in a black cloth portfolio, with a red goatskin label, each etching signed and numbered iii/v, and initialed "P/P" (Printer's Proof). This is one of five special sets of the etchings prepared for the collaborators. Fine. Roberto Juarez is an American painter and printmaker. He was born in 1952 in Chicago, studied at the San Francisco Art institute and at UCLA. From the time of his first show at the Robert Miller Gallery in New York he has been a respected and influential presence on the American Art scene. He has had many solo exhibitions and has been included in numerous group shows, and his work is now in many institutional and private collections (see his website for a detailed listing). He lived for many years in Miami, but now resides in New York City.
