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Canto al Maya
Details
CARLOS MÉRIDA (1891-1984)
Canto al Maya
signed and dated 'CARLOS MÉRIDA 1956' (lower center)
casein on polished parchment with petroplastic on panel
35 3⁄8 x 25 7⁄8 in. (89.9 x 65.7 cm.)
Painted in 1956.
Canto al Maya
signed and dated 'CARLOS MÉRIDA 1956' (lower center)
casein on polished parchment with petroplastic on panel
35 3⁄8 x 25 7⁄8 in. (89.9 x 65.7 cm.)
Painted in 1956.
Provenance
Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City.
Harry Felstenstein, Jr., Minnesota.
Harcourts Gallery, San Francisco.
Private collection, Paris.
Anon. sale; Christie’s, New York, 22 November 1999, lot 53.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Harry Felstenstein, Jr., Minnesota.
Harcourts Gallery, San Francisco.
Private collection, Paris.
Anon. sale; Christie’s, New York, 22 November 1999, lot 53.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
M. Nelken, Carlos Mérida, Mexico City, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1961 (illustrated on the cover).
L. Cardoza y Aragón, Carlos Mérida, color y forma, Mexico City, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 1992, p. 209, n. 69 (illustrated).
L. Cardoza y Aragón, Carlos Mérida, color y forma, Mexico City, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 1992, p. 209, n. 69 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Juan García Ponce: trazos y encuentros, August-October 2005.
Further details
We are grateful to Mariana Pérez Amor and Galería de Arte Mexicano for their assistance confirming the authenticity of this work.
We are grateful to Salomon Grimberg for his assistance cataloguing this work.
We are grateful to Salomon Grimberg for his assistance cataloguing this work.
Brought to you by
Kristen France
Vice President, Specialist