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Lot 50
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Carlos Mérida (1891-1984)

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Carlos Mérida
  • Trajes Regionales Mexicanos: Complete Portfolio (25 Prints) 
  • each: signed
    first sheet: also dedicated Al Dr. Lotwin y respetable Sra. esposa, 1970 lower right
  • serigraphs on heavy paper 
  • each: 17 7/8 by 13 in.
  • 45 by 33 cm
  • Executed in 1945. From an edition of 1000.

Provenance

Private Collection, Beverly Hills, acquired from the artist in 1970 

Literature

Mario de la Torre, Carlos Mérida en sus noventa años, Mexico City, 1981, no. VII, p. 107, another example illustrated in color 

Condition

These works are in good condition overall. The colors of each work are vibrant, and the media layer of each work is stable. The fabric portfolio presents a light layer of soiling, and a few minor spots of accretion throughout the lower front quadrants. The first sheet, which is signed and dedicated, presents a 3 1/2 inch vertical crease is along the extreme lower left edge. The rest of the sheets present faint aging and light wear along the extreme edges, and a few minor, faint spots of foxing. 9: Desposadas de Tuxpan presents a small square of tape residue on the reverse, and a one-inch horizontal crease along the lower left edge.
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Catalogue Note

1: Mestiza, Estado de Campeche

2: Charro y Sarape de Saltillo, Estado de Coahuila

3: Tzetzales, Estado de Chiapas

4: Tzoltziles (Chamulas), Estado de Chiapas

5: Mestiza, Estado de Chiapas

6: Tarahumaras, Estado de Chihuahua

7: Musicos de Atotonilco, Estado de Guajanuato

8: Criolla de Costa Chica, Estado de Guerrero

9: Desposadas de Tuxpan, Estado de Jalisco

10: Otomíes, Estado de México

11: Purépecha, Estado de Michoacán

12: Pescadores de Pátzuaro, Estado de Michoacán

13: Huicholes, Estado de Nayarit

14: Tehuanas, Estado de Oaxaca

15: Friques, Estado de Oaxaca

16: Mazateca, Estado de Oaxaca

17: Otomi de la Sierra, Estado de Puebla

18: Huastecas, Estado de San Luis Potosí

19: Huasteca, Estado de San Luis Potosí

20: Matachines (Yaquis), Estado de Sonora

21: Chontales, Estado de Tabasco

22: Musicos, Estado de Tlaxcala

23: Zongolica, Estado de Veracruz

24: Papantla, Estado de Veracruz

25: Mestiza, Estado de Yucatán