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Plastic Invention on the Theme of Love by Carlos Mérida
Art Institute of Chicago

Plastic Invention on the Theme of Love

Carlos Mérida · 1939

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Artist

Carlos Mérida

Date

1939

Medium

Gouache and watercolor, with gouache and watercolor transfer, over graphite, on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

74.7 × 55.3 cm (29 7/16 × 21 13/16 in.)

Classification

watercolor

Department

Prints and Drawings

Culture / origin

Mexico

Credit line

Gift of Katharine Kuh

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Artist authority

Carlos Santiago Mérida

Guatemalan artist (1891-1984)

Lifespan
1891 – 1984
Wikidata
Q1043100
VIAF
95708851
ULAN
500004593
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