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Preface Bettina Cetto

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of his paintings, from my collection. The exhibition’s book/catalog also included a text by
the outstanding art critic Ida Rodríguez Prampolini, who had published a similar version
in 1980. 11
The printed book/catalog reached some specialized libraries and its success was re-
markable. The edition sold out quickly. From that moment ten years ago, it became clear to
me that I should look for the right way for Modern Architecture in Mexico to go back into
circulation.
Hence the relevance of Max Cetto’s book being available to a wider audience, especially
students and the younger generations of architects. There’s nothing more appropriate than
for this to happen in tone with the times: that it be freely accessible, bilingual and accompa-
nied by previously unpublished critical texts and judgments that allow us to situate his work
and appreciate it from a contemporary perspective.
I hope that this publication contributes to the study of Max Cetto in our country, to
spark curiosity and to raise questions and lines of research on immigrants, architects, the
architecture of the twentieth century in Mexico and the very territory of architecture.

10 Max L. Cetto, Modern Architecture in Mexico/Arquitectura moderna en México (Mexico City: Museo de Arte Moderno,
2011).
11 Ida Rodríguez Prampolini, in Emanuel Muriel, Contemporary Architects (New York: St. Martinʼs Press, 1980).

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