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Creation (1931) - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Creation (1931) - Drawing. Public domain image.

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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.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation.
Not to be confused with the mural "Creation" (1922-23) in the Escuela Nacional Prepatoria in Mexico City, or another watercolor "La creacion del universo" in the Museo Casa Diego Rivera.

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01/01/1931
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Contributors

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957.
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Library of Congress
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