Manolo Valdés
Damas y Caballeros
Damas y caballeros is an exclusive artist’s book offering a unique journey through Manolo Valdés’s career, revealing his techniques, influences and key artistic concerns.
In “Damas y caballeros”, Valdés invites us to discover his distinctive creative universe, where figures of ladies, gentlemen, profiles and heads coexist and engage in dialogue. Its pages reveal the influence of major figures in art history, such as Matisse, Picasso and Velázquez, while tracing the transformation of Valdés’s artistic language and the evolution of his work over the years.
An exclusive and limited edition of 998 numbered copies, signed by Manolo Valdés.
The work brings together two volumes, the Art Book and the Study Book, housed and protected in a sophisticated cloth-covered case with the artist’s name silkscreened on the cover. Together with the menina figure, it forms a work of art with an artistic identity of its own.
An exceptional collection that embraces the legacy of the great masters, along with the colors and techniques of earlier periods, which Valdés reinterprets through a contemporary lens to forge a connection between past and present.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
ART BOOK
- Includes 53 paintings, engravings and collages from his most representative periods, personally selected by the artist for this edition and reproduced with the highest quality.
- Bilingual edition, Spanish and English.
- 128 pages.
- Size: 40 x 40 cm.
- Weight: 4.090 kg.
STUDIES BOOK
- It gathers in 4 chapters the reflections and analysis of great experts on the artist’s trajectory, work and influences.
- Monolingual edition (two versions: in Spanish or English).
- 200 pages + flyleaves.
- Size: 35 x 35 cm.
- Weight: 2,030 kg.
CASE + FIGURE
- 10 mm DM wood case, lined with Dubletta 3255 cloth with the signature of Manolo Valdés silkscreened in 2 inks and reproduction on cloth of a detail of the engraving Reina Mariana VIII.
- Measures: 48,1 x 48,1 x 6,9 cm.
- Case weight: 2,390 kg.
- Figure created by Manolo Valdés. Made of crystalline polyester resin.
- Measures: 33,5 x 44 x 31,5 cm.
- Weight of the figure: 10,830 kg.
- Total weight of the work approx.: 19,35 kg.
PRODUCTION PROCESS
Manolo Valdés has participated in all the processes of creation of the work: from the selection of the engravings to the design of the menina, signing, in addition, each copy.
The binding of both volumes is handmade. On the cover of the Study Book appears the image of Manolo Valdés in his workshop.
The cover, back cover and spine of the Art Book are covered in fabric, with images of the ladies and gentlemen so present in the artist’s work.
The 53 plates of engravings are attached to the Art Book one by one with three glue points for their enjoyment and optimum conservation of the paper.
The numbering and stamp of authenticity and origin appear on the back of each plate.
The wooden case is covered with gray cloth. Valdés’ signature is stamped on the cover, designed with a neodymium magnet closure.
For the elaboration of the menina, the starting point is an original model of aged wood with noises and cracks, identical to the artist’s monumental works.
The figure is covered with silicone to create the mold, respecting even the smallest detail of the original model.
Once the mold is obtained, it is coated with a mixture of transparent thixotropic resin and blue ink, and left to set until it hardens.
When the mixture of resin and dye has hardened, the figure is unmolded, bringing to light the figure of a blue menina.
Each figure is sanded and polished by hand, obtaining the best finish with all the details and making each piece unique and unrepeatable.
The case with both volumes inside is joined to the figure, completing an exclusive work of art that reveals the essence of Manolo Valdés.
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