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[Creation]

LC Control No.:	2008700230
Type of Material:	Photograph, Print, Drawing
Personal Name:	Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957. » More like this
Uniform Title:	Creation (1931) » More like this
Main Title:	[Creation] [graphic] / Diego Rivera.
Published/Created:	[1931]
Related Names:	Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) DLC » More like this
Description:	1 painting : watercolor ; 31 x 48 cm.
Notes:	Title from Kislak Collection guide. Watercolor painted by Diego Rivera in San Francisco, Calif. during the summer of 1931, originally commissioned to illustrate a never-published English translation of the Popol Vuh by John Weatherwax. Depicts the two snake gods creating the world, including the first humans, plants, animals, and fishes. Watercolor and gouache on paper; color bar at bottom of painting, with colors listed in English. Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation. DLC
Additional Formats:	Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Subjects:	Popol vuh--Illustrations. » More like this Quiché mythology. » More like this Quiché Indians--Religion. » More like this Myths--1930-1940. » More like this Creation--1930-1940. » More like this
Form/Genre:	Watercolors--1930-1940. » More like this
LC Classification:	N8214.5.A45 C65 1750
Links:	Page view: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/kislak.00230.1 PDF: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/kislak.00230.2