By Artemio Rodriguez

Date: 1996
Edition: VII/XXV
Medium: linocut
Image Size: 5 × 6 inches
Framed Size: 16.25 × 12.25 inches

Signed and numbered by the artist

A powerful early linocut by Mexican printmaker Artemio Rodríguez, El tiempo…llega presents a nocturnal gathering of calaveras—skeletons seated around a feast under a rustic open-air shelter. Rendered in Rodríguez’s unmistakable graphic style, the scene blends humor, folklore, and existential reflection. The moon radiates like a halo above the revelry while the skeletal figures eat, drink, converse, and hover, suggesting the inevitability of time and mortality even in moments of celebration.

A richly detailed and evocative print that captures the artist’s deep engagement with tradition, symbolism, and the passage of time.