id:			160851
accession number:	1999.145.6
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.145.6
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Estampas del Popol-Vuh: Plate 6, 1943. Carlos Mérida (Guatamalan, 1894–1985), Graphic Arts Publications Editories. Color lithograph; sheet: 41.4 x 31.2 cm (16 5/16 x 12 5/16 in.); image: 30.9 x 27.3 cm (12 3/16 x 10 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mitzie Verne in memory of Dr. Daniel Verne 1999.145.6 © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico City

title:				Estampas del Popol-Vuh: Plate 6
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creation date:			1943
creation date earliest:		1943
creation date latest:		1943
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creditline:			Gift of Mitzie Verne in memory of Dr. Daniel Verne
copyright:			© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico City

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culture:	Guatemala
technique:	color lithograph
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Lithograph
type:		Print
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* Carlos Mérida (Guatamalan, 1894–1985)  - artist

* Graphic Arts Publications Editories  - published by

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measurements: Sheet: 41.4 x 31.2 cm (16 5/16 x 12 5/16 in.); Image: 30.9 x 27.3 cm (12 3/16 x 10 3/4 in.)
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	description:	wove paper
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	inscription:	signed by the artist
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Like many of his Mexican contemporaries-Diego Rivera or José Clemente Orozco, for instance-Merida fused modernist styles with the ancient indigenous traditions of the Americas. This set of ten color lithographs, created to accompany text taken from the Popol-Vuh, the creation story of the Mayan people, combines Abstract Expressionist gesture with the linear drawings found in the wall murals of ancient Mayan buildings.
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