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Property from a Private Collection

Carlos Mérida

Las tres doncellas

Lot closes

October 1, 04:38 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Starting Bid

6,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection

Carlos Mérida

1891 - 1985


Las tres doncellas  

signed Carlos Mérida and numbered 11/50 (lower left)

screenprint in color on paper 

20 by 15 ¾ in.

50.8 by 40 cm.

Executed in 1956, this work is number 11 from an edition of 50, published by Galería de Arte Mexicano.

Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City 

Private Collection, Chicago (acquired from the above circa 1956)

Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner

Mario de la Torre, ed., Carlos Mérida en sus 90 años, Mexico City 1981, p. 143, illustrated in color

Eduardo Espinosa Campos, Carlos Mérida: un artista integral, Mexico City 1997, n.p., illustrated in color