Abstract composition with a head and bird-like form, from the portfolio 'Motivos'

Carlos Mérida Mexican
 Publisher Ediciones Arte Mexicano (EAM), Mexico City

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Mérida was part of the Mexican muralist movement and one of the first artists to fuse European modern painting with Latin American themes. This print is from a portfolio entitled Motivos published by Ediciones Arte Mexicano in 1936, when Mérida was strongly influenced by European Surrealism. The three prints reveal an imaginatively blended abstract and figurative elements that the artist prefered to narrative compositions. The prints have a lyrical quality that reflects his lifelong interest in music, dance, and rhythm.

The folio is numbered 41.

Abstract composition with a head and bird-like form, from the portfolio 'Motivos', Carlos Mérida (Guatemalan, Guatemala City 1891–1984 Mexico City), Colour woodcut in purple

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