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3 unusual facts about Pérez Celis


Pérez Celis

The documentary, a portrait of Pérez Celis, captures the artist at work in his atelier in Little Haiti.

He also created several literary illustrations, notably those for Jorge Luis Borges' Spanish-language translation of Walt Whitman's poem Leaves of Grass.

A fan of the Club Atlético Boca Juniors football team, he created two murals in 1997 for the team's La Bombonera Stadium in Buenos Aires: "Idolos" (Idols) and "Mito y Destino" (Myth and Destiny), both Venetian mosaics and bronze on cement.


La Bombonera

The stadium's exterior was later decorated with works by painters Rómulo Macció and Pérez Celis.


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