Karima Muyaes (Mexican, b.1960). "Fuego". Color etching with aquatint. 2005. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right; titled in pencil, lower center; numbered in pencil, lower left. Edition of 30. Pale cream wove paper. Full margins. Fine impression. Fine condition; two zinc plates utilized; printed by Emilio Payan, Mexico City. Literature/catalogue raisonne: James Orr's provisional catalogue number PR102. Provenance: Private collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico. This print was included in the one woman exhibition “Karima Muyaes: Retrospectiva, 1985-2007,” at the Museo de Arte Regional (Azcapotzalco), Mexico City, March-May, 2007. Overall size: 25 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. (641 x 495 mm). Image size: 15 1/2 x 11 11/16 in. (394 x 297 mm). 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 2018. 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 2018 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. [10512-0-500]