Description

Color etching on handmade amate bark paper
(6” x 3.625” plate size on 11” x 8” sheet), #P/A, c.2000
Provenance: from a private collection.

One of Mexico’s most important religious holidays is celebrated on All Saint’s Day (November 1) and All Soul’s Day (November 2): Dia de los Muertos (sometimes called Dia de los Fieles Difuntos) – Day of the Dead. Traditionally, November 1st honors deceased children and November 2nd honors deceased adults.