ID 1030119
Lot 26 | CARLOS MÉRIDA (1891-1984)
Estimate value
$ 120 000 – 180 000
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.
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).
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.
| Artist: | Carlos Merida (1891 - 1984) |
|---|---|
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Mexico |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Carlos Merida (1891 - 1984) |
|---|---|
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Mexico |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preview |
| ||||||||||||||
| Phone | +1 212 636 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Fax | +1 212 636 4930 | ||||||||||||||
| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase | ||||||||||||||
| Shipping |
Postal service Courier service pickup by yourself | ||||||||||||||
| Payment methods |
Wire Transfer | ||||||||||||||
| Business hours | Business hours
|













