id: 160851 accession number: 1999.145.6 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.145.6 updated: 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1943 creation date earliest: 1943 creation date latest: 1943 current location: creditline: Gift of Mitzie Verne in memory of Dr. Daniel Verne copyright: © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico City --- culture: Guatemala technique: color lithograph department: Prints collection: PR - Lithograph type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Carlos Mérida (Guatamalan, 1894–1985) - artist * Graphic Arts Publications Editories - published by --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: wove paper watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: signed by the artist translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES