Karima Muyaes (Mexican, b.1960). "El Guitarrista". Color reduction linocut. 1992. Signed, dated, and titled, lower margin. An artist proof. Cream wove paper. Wide margins. Very fine impression with heavy ink application. Good to very good condition. Provenance: Private collection, Bordeaux, France, acquired directly from the artist. A listed artist, Muyaes is currently one of the most innovative and talented international painters/printmakers. A major monograph on her work will be published early in 2017. Her work has sold at Sotheby's (New York City), Swann Galleries (New York City), Martin Gordon Auctions (Phoenix), Louis C. Morton (Mexico City), and Casa de Subastas Odalys (Madrid/Caracas). In April of 2013 she was chosen as one of the top 34 currently active Mexican artists and featured in a series of articles in the prestigious Mexican newspaper "Milenio" as well as TV appearances. Muyaes has an extensive worldwide exhibition history which includes a show that travelled throughout Sweden for two years, 2010-2012. In 2017 her work and that of the noted African-American artist David C. Driskell will be showcased in a two person exhibition at The David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Image copyright © Karima Muyaes. Overall size: 13 3/8 x 9 13/16 in. (340 x 249 mm). Image size: 11 3/16 x 7 7/8 in. (284 x 200 mm). [27991] |600| {K90} (TL0) rzz~izz