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Obsesión De La Muerte
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"Arbol de la vida." Spanish text encircles a purple linear tree/trail. Candles stand on seven upper curved areas. Figures, skeletons, flowers and birds perform along the branches/trails.
4/55, 20/55; Signed;, Inscription in pencil below the image reads: "4/55, 'Obsesión de la Muerte', Michiko, '94"print: José Alpuche; chopmark: embossed "SHG" below the image on the left.
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Colors used: 1. Yellow, 2. Magenta, 3. Cyan Blue, 4. Flesh, 5. Gray, 6. Black, 7. Gold, 8. Dark Green. "Depicted as an 'Arbol de la Vida' which at the same time is an 'Arbol de la muerte.' It is a representation of how one Mexico died. A society that had existed centuries, along with it's culture, religion and language was all but extinguished and a new social order was instituted using Christianity as the cement which hold[s] it together." M. Furukawa
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