Popol Vuh (image 6 of 10 from the portfolio "Estampes Popol Vuh")

 

Carlos Merida

  1891 - 1984 (biography)

1943  

color lithograph 

12 1/4 x 10 3/4" image 

in stone, lower center; in crayon, lower right 

1000 (this "edition" of 50 is denied by Merida) 

pencil numbered "7/50" ; On verso: "Florencio Garcia Cisneros / Latin American Art/ 2820 S.W. 3rd Ave / Miami Florida" 

 

heavy antique-white wove 

published 

Graphic Art Publications, Mexico 

15680 

SOLD

The prints are based on the text of the Popol Vuh, a document written in the 16th century, in Quiche and Latin, telling the mythological history of the Maya Quiche lineage. Merida intended the prints to be reflective of the text, and to retain the spirit and poetry of the original source. Each print is accompanied by a passage from the Popul Vuh (in Spanish and English), and are tied together in their focus on two characters: Hunahpu and Xbalanque.  Though Merida signed a number of these for friends, the editioning was added by someone, and is not correct.