Artwork
Untitled
Artist
Carlos Mérida
(Guatemalan, active Mexico, 1891 - 1985)
DepartmentLatin American Art
Date1927
MediumHand colored print
Dimensions9 5/8 x 12 1/4 in. (24.4 x 31.1 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with funds from Friends of Latin American Art in memory of Ted Warmbold and from Friends of Contemporary Art
Object number95.54.8
Copyright© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico City
GeographyPlace madeGuatemala
DescriptionScene of women doing laundry in lake.Label TextFields of bold color and simplified forms characterize Carlos Mérida’s Images of Guatemala. Commissioned by the Guatemalan government and printed in Paris in 1927, the works join modernist aesthetics with subjects of Mérida’s Maya heritage featuring the landscape, people, and their traditional dress. Mérida moved to Mexico City in 1919, drawn to the vibrant cultural scene that was forming there after the Revolution. Mexico’s renewed interest in its Indigenous art and craft informed Mérida’s work.
Campos de colores llamativos y las formas simplificadas caracterizan las Imágenes de Guatemala de Carlos Mérida. Comisionadas por el gobierno de Guatemala e impresas en París en 1927, estas obras unen la estética modernista con temas de la herencia Maya de Mérida que presentan el paisaje, la gente y su vestimenta tradicional. Mérida se mudó a la Ciudad de México en 1919, atraído por la vibrante escena cultural que se estaba formando allí después de la Revolución. El renovado interés de los mexicanos por el arte y la artesanía de las comunidades Indígenas tuvo una fuerte influencia en el trabajo de Mérida.
(LM, 2020)SignedSigned and dated, lower left, "Carlos Merida 1927"Not on view
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