El pequeño venado

Details

Carlos Mérida (1891-1984)
El pequeño venado
signed and dated 'CARLOS MERIDA 1968' (lower left)
gold leaf, tempera and Politec on panel
44 x 30 ½ in. (111.8 x 77.5 cm.)
Executed in 1968.

Provenance

Private collection, Mexico City (acquired from the artist).
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 17 November 1987, lot 23.
Private collection, Mexico City.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 28 May 1998, lot 36.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Lot Essay

He discards the superficial in order to retain only the essential . . . . In the same way, the formal values, the plastic quality increases: his line becomes more fluid, more sensitive, his forms are simplified and reduced to an elemental design. Dynamic juxtapositions with an innate sense of rhythm are introduced into what was hitherto static. Archaeological reminiscences appear from time to time, in totemic forms that have a suggestive power, magical signs, intriguing graphic elements from a primary plastic world.
--González Goyri

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