Woodcut Xylographic Mexican Fine Art Master Artist Collectible "Xipe Totec"

Description

Wonderful Woodcut of God of Toltecs and Aztecs
Tall- 7 1/4"
Wide- 8
Image- 4 1/2" x 4"
Xipe Totec, (Nahuatl: “Our Lord the Flayed One”) Mesoamerican god of spring and new vegetation and patron of goldsmiths. Xipe Totec was venerated by the Toltecs and Aztecs. As a symbol of the new vegetation, Xipe Totec wore the skin of a human victim—the “new skin” that covered the Earth in the spring.
Adrian Amarildo Olmedo is one of the most talented graphic artist in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Adrian is considered one of the most important artists in different types of media.
He is now co founder of a collective of artists in Oaxaca, Mexico called "Estampa Galleria".
Adrian has had his works displayed in galleries throughout Mexico and is collected by private collectors in Mexico, the United States and Europe.
The details of the woodcut are incredible, please take your time to view them.
The bright colors are even darker in person.
There is a wood frame but the woodcut is covered in removable plastic, no glass cover.
Author: Amarildo Olmedo
Title: "Xipe Totec"
Technique: woodcut
Woodcut or Xilografía
is a relief printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood—typically with gouges—leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts.
What an amazing woodcut to have in your home, office, restaurant, office or as a very special gift.