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Las profecías
Details
Carlos Mérida (Guatemalan 1891-1984)
Las profecías
signed 'CARLOS MERIDA' (lower center) signed again, dated and titled 'CARLOS MERIDA, 1954, LAS PROFESIAS NO. 3' (on the reverse)
casein on canvas
14¼ x 18¾ in. (36.2 x 47.6 cm.)
Painted in 1954.
Las profecías
signed 'CARLOS MERIDA' (lower center) signed again, dated and titled 'CARLOS MERIDA, 1954, LAS PROFESIAS NO. 3' (on the reverse)
casein on canvas
14¼ x 18¾ in. (36.2 x 47.6 cm.)
Painted in 1954.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist
Private collection, Mexico.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Private collection, Mexico.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Homenaje nacional a Carlos Mérida: Americanismo y abstracción, Mexico City, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y los Artes, 1992, p. 237 (illustrated in color).
L. Cardoza y Aragón, Carlos Mérida: Color and Form, Mexico City, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 1992, p. 64 (illustrated in color).
L. Cardoza y Aragón, Carlos Mérida: Color and Form, Mexico City, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 1992, p. 64 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Homenaje Nacional a Carlos Mérida: Americanismo y abstracción, November 1992-January 1993. This exhibition also travelled to Monterrey, Museo de Monterrey, February- April 1993.
Sale Room Notice
Please note this work is signed, dated, and titled 'CARLOS MERIDA, 1954, LAS PROFESIAS NO. 3' on the reverse.