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Tears for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías

This portfolio is bases on the verses of the Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca's poem "Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez ”. The poem is about Mejías, a renown bullfighter that is mortally wounded at the Plaza de Manzanares in Ciudad Real, Spain  in 1934.

The portfolio has seven art works from which five are shown here. Lithography, year 1979.



Alma Ausente I 15 3/4" x 22"
Alma Ausente II 19 3/4 " x 22"
Cuerpo Presente 17 " x 23"
The Spilled Blood 16 3/4" x 23"
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