Agelika Bauer Portfolio Images de Santiago Atitlán
First edition of a rare portfolio of images by German artist Agelika Bauer.
The first edition consisted of 500 copies printed in Guatemala in 1983.
Eight plates
Size 18" x 12"
Two sided text page in both English and Spanish by Luis Lujan Muñoz.
Biographies copied from the portfolio:
Angelika Bauer
The artist, Angelika Bauer, was born in Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany,
in 1952. From 1968 to 1971, she was an apprentice in an advertising agency while
she was taking courses in the Art Academy in Düsseldorf. In addition to her
professional work as a Graphic Designer in the Federal Republic of Germany,
Bauer has maintained a profound affection for Lake Atitlán and in particular for
the town of Santiago Atitlán. Testimony of her prolonged stays in this
exceptional site–the first one from May 1977 to March 1978, and the second one
from August 1981 to September 1982–are found in these delicate and beautiful
masterpieces that constitute this portfolio, in which aspects of the environment
and the life of the inhabitants of Santiago Atitlán are faithfully and
beautifully rendered, as well as aspects of the aesthetic sensibility of
Angelika Bauer.
Luis Luján Muñoz
(English & Spanish text)
A great connoisseur of Guatemalan Culture, Luis Luján Muñoz completed his
studies at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala where he earned a
Doctorate in History. He specialized in Archaeology at the Escuela Nacional de
Antropología e Historia de México. He has been a University Instructor for more
than 25 years and has published numerous essays, books, and articles about
History, Archaeology, and Folklore. He was Director of the Instituto de
Antropología e Historia de Guatemala for over 10 years, and he is a fellow of
the Academia de Geografía e Historia de Guatemala of which he was the president.