Drawings by Alejandro Sirio (1890–1953).

I first came across Sirio's work in the spring of 2009 in El Museo de Arte Español Enrique Larreta in Buenos Aires. He received a great deal of praise in Argentina during his lifetime, but most of his pieces have been scattered through different collections. In 2007, Ediciones de la Antorcha published Alejandro Sirio: El Ilustrador Olvidado, but tracking down a copy has proven to be pretty difficult.

Most online reproductions of his illustrations simply don't do them justice, but today I came across this incredible FLICKR SET with 25 large scans. Thank you, AVILAS.ES!