illustration

Antonio Saura's work in illustration forms a major part of his output for both its extent and its invention and variety. Confined to bed by poor health for five years when he was a young teenager, Saura first discovered the world through books and images. Very early on (1947) and throughout his life, he dreamed up characters and imaginary worlds like the series of drawings he called Grokos. Prof. Bernard Dieterle has devoted an indispensable book to Antonio Saura the illustrator (Bernard Dieterle, Illustré par Saura, Mélanges en hommage à Jacques Soubeyroux, Éditions du Celec, Saint-Étienne, 2008).

Miguel de CERVANTES
Don Quijote de la Mancha, Círculo de Lectores, Barcelona, 1987, 31.7 x 20.5 cm, vol.1, 392 pages, vol. 2, 392 pages, illustrated, with 125 drawings in Indian ink and 70 mixed-media works, reproduced in B/W, preface by Martin de Riquer and postface by Antonio Saura.