Alberto Beltrán - Three Sketches on Two Sides of a Single sheet of Paper - P2826

One drawing is clearly of a sinister man holding a pointed gun: he has no face, the effect is quite intimidating. The perspective is extreme, he is looking down from a height at the viewer (his victim?), perhaps he is mounted on a horse. The other two are studies of what looks like an agave, perhaps recently harvested, and are those legs or leaves? A bloody tale seems to hover around these drawings. We see Beltrán working out his ideas for illustrations. Purchased from a Mexico City collector who acquired a trove of Alberto Beltrán's drawings and prints from the artist's estate. These pieces give us a wonderful insight into the process (and breadth of interests) of this hitherto somewhat neglected artist,  whose work is only just now coming into prominence. Alberto Beltrán García (born March 22, 1923, Mexico City, d. April 19, 2002, Mexico City) was a Mexican graphic artist and painter known principally for his work with publications such as illustrations and political cartoons but he