Hector Jara serigraph Hombre Jaguar (diptych)

A large print measuring about 38" x 30" (96cm. x 76cm.), in very good condition. Signed and numbered from an edition of 100. Done by Hector Jara Cobo. These are Mayan influenced works, done with great care and precision on hand made amate paper. Signed and numbered verso, with a label from the workshop. This was done as a diptych, and each panel is about 38" x 15".          Mexico has the oldest printmaking tradition in Latin America. The first presses were established there in the 16th mainly to print devotional images for religious institutions. Because of their ephemeral nature, few of these early impressions survive. A rare early exception is a 1756 thesis proclamation printed on silk presented by a candidate for a degree in medicine. With the introduction of lithography to Mexico in the nineteenth century, printmaking and publishing greatly expanded, and artists became recognized for the character of their work. José Guadalupe Posada (1851–1913) is often regarded as the father