Jacques and Natasha Gelman: Collecting Modern Mexico
Carlos Mérida
El Mensaje & Estudio de El Mensaje: Two Works
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November 19, 11:13 PM GMT
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
Lot Details
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Jacques and Natasha Gelman: Collecting Modern Mexico
Carlos Mérida
1891 - 1984
El Mensaje & Estudio de El Mensaje: Two Works
(i)
signed Carlos Mérida and dated 1960 (lower center); signed Carlos Mérida, titled, dated 1960 and inscribed (Basado en el vaso de Chamá) (on the reverse)
oil and lacquer on panel
28 by 34 ⅝ in.
71 by 88 cm.
Executed in 1960.
(ii)
signed Carlos Mérida and dated 1961 (lower right); inscribed El Mensaje (lower left)
pencil and gouache on paper
image: 5 ¾ by 7 ¼ in. 14.6 by 18.4 cm.
sheet: 11 ⅝ by 13 ⅞ in. 29.5 by 35.2 cm.
Executed in 1961.
Jacques and Natasha Gelman, Mexico City
Vergel Foundation, Delaware (acquired by descent from the above in 1998)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Mexico City, Centro Cultural | Arte Contemporáneo, La colección de pintura Mexicana de Jacques y Natasha Gelman, 1992, no. 58, p. 102, illustrated in color
Paris, Mona Bismarck Foundation, Peinture moderne au Mexique-Collection Jacques et Natasha Gelman, 1999, p. 78, illustrated in color
San Diego, Museum of Contemporary Art; Dallas Museum of Art and Phoenix Art Museum, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Twentieth-Century Mexican Art: The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 2000-01, no. 58, pp. 110 and 197, illustrated in color
Canberra, National Gallery of Australia, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism: The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 2001-02, pp. 61 and 88, illustrated in color
New York, El Museo del Barrio, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Twentieth-Century Mexican Art: The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 2002 (i)
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