Details
Carlos Merida (1891-1984)
Variations on the Theme of Love
(Variation 2, Ecstasy of a Virgin)
signed and dated 'Carlos Merida 1939' lower center--gouache and pencil on heavy paper
18½ x 22½in. (47 x 57.2cm.)
Painted in 1939
Variations on the Theme of Love
(Variation 2, Ecstasy of a Virgin)
signed and dated 'Carlos Merida 1939' lower center--gouache and pencil on heavy paper
18½ x 22½in. (47 x 57.2cm.)
Painted in 1939
Provenance
Zalstem Zalesky, New York
Anon. Sale, Latin American Art, Sotheby's New York, May, 1980, lot 26 (illustrated)
Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art, New York
Quintana Fine Art, New York
Private collection, New York
Anon. Sale, Latin American Art, Sotheby's New York, May, 1980, lot 26 (illustrated)
Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art, New York
Quintana Fine Art, New York
Private collection, New York
Exhibited
Mexico City, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Exposición Internacional del Surrealismo, 1940, no. 25 (illustrated)
London, The Hayward Gallery, Art in Latin America, The Modern Era, 1820-1980, May-Aug., 1989 (illustrated in color). This exhibition later travelled to Stockholm, The Nationalmuseum and Moderna Museet, Sept.-Nov., 1989, no. 6-7; Madrid, Palacio de Velázquez, Dec., 1989 -March, 1990
Seville, Comisaría de la Ciudad de Sevilla para 1992, Estación Plaza de Armas, Artistas Latinoamericanos del Siglo 20, Aug.-Oct., 1992, p. 439, n. 128 (illustrated). This exhibition later travelled to Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne and Hotel des Arts (Contemporary works), Nov., 1992-Jan., 1993; Cologne, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Lateinamerikanische Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert, Feb.-Apr., 1993, no. 138 (illustrated in color); New York, Museum of Modern Art, Latin American Artists of the 20th Century, June-Sept., 1993, p. 280, no. 128 (illustrated in color)
London, The Hayward Gallery, Art in Latin America, The Modern Era, 1820-1980, May-Aug., 1989 (illustrated in color). This exhibition later travelled to Stockholm, The Nationalmuseum and Moderna Museet, Sept.-Nov., 1989, no. 6-7; Madrid, Palacio de Velázquez, Dec., 1989 -March, 1990
Seville, Comisaría de la Ciudad de Sevilla para 1992, Estación Plaza de Armas, Artistas Latinoamericanos del Siglo 20, Aug.-Oct., 1992, p. 439, n. 128 (illustrated). This exhibition later travelled to Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne and Hotel des Arts (Contemporary works), Nov., 1992-Jan., 1993; Cologne, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Lateinamerikanische Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert, Feb.-Apr., 1993, no. 138 (illustrated in color); New York, Museum of Modern Art, Latin American Artists of the 20th Century, June-Sept., 1993, p. 280, no. 128 (illustrated in color)