Lot 163
  • 163

Carlos Mérida (1891-1984)

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Carlos Mérida
  • Untitled
  • signed and dated 1965 lower right
  • mixed media on paper laid down on masonite
  • 21 7/8 by 16 1/2 in.
  • 55.6 by 42 cm

Provenance

Martha Jackson Gallery, New York

Literature

Luis Cardoza y Aragón, Carlos Mérida. Color y Forma, Mexico City, 1992, no. 102, illustrated in color

Condition

The work is done on a thin piece of paper which has been glued by the artist down to a piece of masonite board. There is scattered thinning of the paper and creases throughout, inherent to the artist’s use of medium. Overall, the piece is in very good condition.
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