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Enrique Chagoya
Tales of the Conquest–Codex II (Historias de la conquista–Códice II)1992

Not on view
Accordion-fold artist's book displayed in five horizontal spreads, combining pre-Columbian codex imagery, Catholic iconography, and American comic book figures in dense collage on handmade paper
Mixed-media work on paper with collage and drawing across a wide horizontal format, combining comic strip panels featuring Superman, hand-lettered text reading "Boy Catarino," sketched animal pelts, and a central scene of a figure painting at an easel beside reproductions of cubist figurative works in warm reds and blues.
Horizontal mixed-media work on aged, irregularly edged paper combining painted and collaged imagery: a central full-length Virgin of Guadalupe figure in blue mantle, flanked by pre-Columbian-style manuscript illustrations, comic book figures including Superman, and a painted scene of figures around a table, with speech bubbles and an orange stamp motif at right.
Mixed-media horizontal panel on aged paper combining pre-Columbian codex-style imagery, American superhero comic book cutouts, and a large painted head in reddish tones at center. At left, a dense Aztec-style deity figure rendered in black ink with red and orange accents. Comic panels featuring a caped superhero figure appear at far left and lower right, alongside the word "BOOM" in yellow. Upper right includes a framed devotional image with winged figures.
Accordion-fold manuscript spread combining photographic collage and painted illustration: left pages show black-and-white photographs of pre-Columbian stone sculpture and a crystal skull; right pages feature polychrome Aztec-style figures in red, black, and green with Nahuatl script borders.
Amate paper manuscript spread combining pre-Columbian codex-style imagery with modern elements; left page features a circular Aztec-style calendar motif enclosing a comic book panel of a superhero figure; right page depicts warriors in indigenous dress alongside a military tank and cannon, with figures in battle, handwritten text in Latin script at upper right, and figures of deities or costumed beings at the margins, rendered in ink and watercolor with fine line work.
Artist or Maker
Enrique Chagoya
Mexico, active United States, born 1953
Title
Tales of the Conquest–Codex II (Historias de la conquista–Códice II)
Place Made
Mexico
Date Made
1992
Medium
Mixed media on handmade paper
Dimensions
Framed: 16 1/2 x 117 1/8 x 4 in. (41.91 x 297.5 x 10.16 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ann and Aaron Nisenson in memory of Michael Nisenson
Accession Number
AC1995.183.10a-e
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.