M. Pineda "templo De La Cruz Foliada, Palenque"

MIGUEL PINEDA (MEXICAN, B. 1940) CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL ON COPPER TILE, SIGNED UPPER RIGHT A SPECTACULAR LATE 20TH CENTURY MODERN MEXICAN MASTERWORK IN VITREOUS ENAMEL BY RENOWNED ARTISAN MIGUEL PINEDA, DEPICTING A FAITHFUL INTERPRETATION OF THE CELEBRATED MAYA TABLET FROM THE TEMPLE OF THE FOLIATED CROSS IN THE CEREMONIAL CENTER OF PALENQUE, CHIAPAS (DATED TO APPROXIMATELY 642 CE). 9.625 X 10.75 IN 14.25 X 15.375 IN ON PLACARD BACKING TRAINED BY THE LEGENDARY AMERICAN-MEXICAN ENAMELIST MAGGIE HOWE IN CUERNAVACA DURING THE 1950S, MIGUEL PINEDA BECAME A REVERED PROTAGONIST IN THE MEXICAN MID-CENTURY RENAISSANCE OF VITREOUS ENAMEL ON METALS. HE SPENT HIS ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER METICULOUSLY ADAPTING ANCIENT PRE-COLUMBIAN CODICES, MIXTEC GLYPHS, AND AZTEC/MAYA INSCRIPTIONS INTO LUXURIOUS HAND-FIRED ENAM...