Artist
Carlos Mérida(Guatemalan, 1891–1984)Guatemalan, 1891–1984
CultureGuatemalan
Titles
- Mujeres de Metepec (Women of Metepec)
Date1922
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 30 11/16 × 29 3/4 in. (78 × 75.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alfred Glassell III in honor of Rusty Wortham and his twenty years of service in the Latin American Art Sub-committee
Object number2023.240
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Atrium Floor 2
On view
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Department
Latin American ArtObject Type
Exhibition History"Independent Artists Exhibition," New York, 1922.
"Exposición Homenaje a Carlos Mérida," Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, May–June, 1977.
"Images of Mexico, The Contribution of Mexico to 20th Century Art," Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, December 5, 1987–February 28, 1988; Messeplast, Vienna, May 17–June 31, 1988; Dallas Museum of Art, August 28–October 30, 1988.
"Homenaje Nacional a Carlos Mérida, Americanismo y Abstracción," Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, November, 1992–January, 1993; Museo de Monterrey, Mexico, February–April, 1992.
"From Revolution to Renaissance, Mexican Art from the Aaron Collection," Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, April, 2007–January, 2008.
"Revolution & Renaissance, Mexico & San Antonio, 1910-2010," Museo Alameda Smithsonian, San Antonio, November, 2010–August, 2012.
"The Avant-garde Networks of Amauta: Argentina, Mexico, and Peru in the 1920’s," Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, February–May, 2019; Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru, June–September, 2019; Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, October , 2019–January 2020; Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, February–August, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and dated in black oil paint, left bottom edge: · CARLOS · MERIDA · XXII [print]
Verso: Dedicated, signed, and dated in graphite on upper left of canvas: A Pancha Com[illegible] / CARLOS / MERÍDA / 1922–1932
Verso: Dedicated, signed, and dated in graphite on upper left of canvas: A Pancha Com[illegible] / CARLOS / MERÍDA / 1922–1932
Recto: Signed in black oil paint, left bottom edge: · CARLOS · MERIDA · [print]
Verso: Signed in graphite on upper left: CARLOS / MERÍDA
Verso: Signed in graphite on upper left: CARLOS / MERÍDA
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