http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt300032sh No online items Finding Aid for the César Moro Papers, ca. 1925-1987, (bulk ca. 1925-1956) Jennifer Osorio Finding Aid for the César Moro 980029 1 Papers, ca. 1925-1987, (bulk ca. 1925-1956) Descriptive Summary Title: César Moro papers Date (inclusive): 1854-1997 (bulk 1925-1956) Number: 980029 Creator/Collector: Moro, César, 1903-1956 Physical Description: 8 Linear Feet(12 boxes, 1 flat file folder) Repository: The Getty Research Institute Special Collections 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100 Los Angeles 90049-1688
[email protected] URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref (310) 440-7390 Abstract: The papers of Peruvian Surrealist poet and artist César Moro include notebooks, drafts of poems, manuscripts of articles, personal diaries, exhibition catalogs, photographs, and correspondence with a number of other artists of the era, including André Coyné, Benjamin Péret, Paul Éluard, Leonora Carrington, Wolfgang Paalen, and Rufino Tamayo. Also included are two collages by Moro, a watercolor by Alice Rahon [Paalen], an etching by Wolfgang Paalen, and several works by patients with mental illness at the Hospital Larco Herrera, where Moro taught art. The collection also includes books and journals from Moro's personal library. Request Materials: Request access to the physical materials described in this inventory through the catalog record for this collection. Click here for the access policy . Language: Collection material is in Spanish and French. Biographical/Historical Note César Moro was born Alfredo Quíspez Asín on August 19, 1903 in Lima, Peru. He changed his name in 1923 to that of a character in a story by Spanish writer Ramón Gómez de la Serna.