Carlos Mérida
El Pequeño Venado
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 USD
Price realised: 212.500 USD
Price realised: 212.500 USD
Description
signed and dated 'CARLOS MERIDA 1968' (lower left)
gold leaf, tempera and Politec on panel
44 x 30 ½ in. (111.8 x 77.5 cm.)
Executed in 1968.
Private collection, Mexico City (acquired from the artist). | Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 17 November 1987, lot 23. | Private collection, Mexico City. | Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 28 May 1998, lot 36. | Acquired from the above by the present owner.
gold leaf, tempera and Politec on panel
44 x 30 ½ in. (111.8 x 77.5 cm.)
Executed in 1968.
Private collection, Mexico City (acquired from the artist). | Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 17 November 1987, lot 23. | Private collection, Mexico City. | Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 28 May 1998, lot 36. | Acquired from the above by the present owner.
A top price for Carlos Mérida
This artwork by Carlos Mérida achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May 2019. In the Latin American Art auction, the work El Pequeño Venado sold for USD 212,500.00 (€ 190,600.05) - well above the upper estimate of USD 120,000.00. This high result makes El Pequeño Venado the most expensive artwork by Carlos Mérida that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Carlos Mérida
Dieses Kunstwerk von Carlos Mérida erzielte im Mai 2019 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Latin American Art wurde die Arbeit El Pequeño Venado für USD 212.500,00 (€ 190.600,05) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 120.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht El Pequeño Venado zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Carlos Mérida, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Carlos Mérida - Auction history
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