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. The first day, November 1st, is called Dia de los Angelitos, or day of the little angels.