Medium: Aquatint Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 22 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: Mexican, 1955 - 2013 Date finished: 2001 Edition: PT of 5
Recommended by Paige (Collections Manager): "This piece is a perfect composition of circles, from the crouched woman to the swimming fish to the sun and moon. It shows the artist's mastery of texture and transparency, even through darkness. He was a key figure to the art community of Oaxaca and is one of my favorite Mexican artists. For me, his works are clearly influenced by Mexican folk culture, imagery, and textures but are also clearly his own."
Medium: Aquatint Dimensions: 15 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches (image) Signature: Signed Artist details: Mexican, 1955 - 2013 Date finished: 1996 Edition: of 50
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Medium: Aquatint Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: Mexican, 1955 - 2013 Date finished: 1985 Edition: AP Condition: Crease through left margin. Not visible within image.
Medium: Linocut Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches (Image) 15 x 29 inches (Sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: Mexican Date finished: 2019 Edition: of 33
Recommended by Nikki (Fine Print Photographer & Content Publisher):
Mazatl, translated to ‘deer’, is a day in the Aztec calendar that is a good day to hunt and a bad day to be hunted. This contemporary artist uses woodcut and relief printmaking to advocate for environmental, political, and social justice. The level of detail Mazatl is able to achieve on this linocut print is incredible. He works every available surface with tiny cuts that delineate curves of spines, underwater flower petals, and hollow eye sockets. The mirrored image of the seahorse both alive and dead is attractive with its perfectly split composition and inverse imagery. This nearly two foot long print stares its viewer down, challenging them to think about extinction and its consequences, while simultaneously providing beautiful aesthetics.