Prints from the Popol-Vuh

Carlos MéridaWW-1943-102291

1943·Lithograph in black, gray, fuschia, sea-green, orange and yellow on cream wove paper·Image: 31.1 × 27.3 cm (12 1/4 × 10 3/4 in.); Sheet: 41.6 × 31.3 cm (16 7/16 × 12 3/8 in.)

Catalogue

Year: 1943
Medium: Lithograph in black, gray, fuschia, sea-green, orange and yellow on cream wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 31.1 × 27.3 cm (12 1/4 × 10 3/4 in.); Sheet: 41.6 × 31.3 cm (16 7/16 × 12 3/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Carlos Mérida

Artist

Carlos Mérida

Painting

Carlos Mérida was a Guatemalan artist and naturalized Mexican who was one of the first to fuse European modern painting to Latin American themes, especially those related to Guatemala and Mexico. He was part of the Mexican muralism movement in subject matter but less so in style, favoring a non-figurative and later geometric style rather than a figurative, narrative style. Mérida is best known for canvas and mural work, the latter including elements such as glass and ceramic mosaic on major constructions in the 1950s and 1960s. One of his major works 4000m2 on the Benito Juarez housing complex, was completely destroyed with the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, but a monument to it exists at another complex in the south of the city.

Mexico City, Mexico

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