signed
2002 · San Cristobal de las Casas
by Laughlin, Robert M.
San Cristobal de las Casas: Taller Leñateros, 2002. Handmade paper, frontis., duo tone (black and red) plates (some folded), prints, fabric covered boards. Text and woodcuts printed in red and black on off-white art paper, some sheets folded. The illustrations, many full page, include printed crepe paper and moveable cutouts. Bound in textured black handmade paper over boards; a heart-shaped cutout in the front cover reveals red endpapers. A shiny black ribbon tied around the front hinge has a red velvet heart pendant. "Este libro se empezó a imprimir el 14 de febrero de 2002 en Taller Leñateros. Se uso serigrafía Solar y Lunar, tinta de amar, papel de corazón de maguey."--Colophon. SIGNED BY AUTHOR OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 500 of hand made book. Mayan idioms concerning the heart. Texts by Robert Moody Laughlin (United States, 1934 - 2020) a noted anthropologist and linguist and illustrated with woodcuts by artist Naúl Asdrúbul Ojeda (Montevideo, Uruguay 1939 - Arlington, VA 2002), who was also A master in watercolors, acrylics, sculptures, linocuts and installations. CONTENTS: Un romance maya del corazón -- La historia de un amor. IN SPANISH AND TZOTZIL.
(Inventory #: 117671)