Essential texts by a pivotal figure in the development of New York as one of the foremost art capitals of the world Marius de Zayas (1880-1961) was an early 20th-century Mexican artist, writer, caricaturist and art-gallery owner who was pivotal in making New York the art capital of the world after Paris; he was also an early commentator on the influence of African art on modernist art. For the first time, de Zayas' most important...