La endecha (The Lament)

© Carlos Mérida / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

La endecha (The Lament)

Currently not on view

La endecha (The Lament),

1978

Carlos Mérida, 1891–1984; born Guatemala City, Guatemala; died Mexico City, Mexico; active Guatemala, Mexico, and France
x1992-136

Information

Title
La endecha (The Lament)
Dates

1978

Maker
Carlos Mérida
Medium
Color screenprint
Dimensions
image: 63.5 x 53.4 cm (25 x 21 in.) frame: 101.5 × 85.6 × 4.6 cm (39 15/16 × 33 11/16 × 1 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of David L. Meginnity, Class of 1958
Object Number
x1992-136
Place Made

North America, United States, California, Los Angeles

Signatures
Signed in black ink, lower right: Carlos Mérida
Inscription
in black ink, lower left: Printer Proof
Culture
Guatemalan, Mexican
Type
prints, screen prints
Techniques
screen printing
Subject
figures (representations), birds, mourning

[unknown]. David L. Meginnity, Class of 1958, by 1992; given to Princeton University Art Museum in 1992.

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