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Guatemalan Women

1930

Carlos Mérida

(Guatamalan, 1894–1985)
Culture
Guatemala
Medium
watercolor with graphite
Measurements
Sheet: 27.4 x 39 cm (10 13/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride 1957.430
Copyright
© VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
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Did You Know?

This drawing was donated to the museum by Mrs. Malcolm McBride, a Cleveland-based collector who developed an interest in Latin American art before it became popular in the United States and often bought directly from artists.

Description

After studying in Paris, Carlos Mérida relocated to Mexico and began to create watercolors depicting the rural, indigenous people of his native Guatemala. This drawing shows one such subjects—a group of women at work in a rocky landscape. The artist uses flat areas of color and simple forms influenced by Cubist art he studied in Europe. Mérida hoped to develop a new audience and an appreciation for his native culture through such modern images.

Guatemalan Women

1930

Carlos Mérida

(Guatamalan, 1894–1985)
Guatemala

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