Carlos Mérida: career timeline

Guatemalan · 1891–1984 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 84 of 175 lots (48% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Carlos Mérida: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1930s	3	3	$3.2kSign up	Gouache
1940s	46	18	$384Sign up	Screenprint
1950s	2	0	—	Other
1960s	7	5	$25kSign up	Other
1970s	16	9	$1.2kSign up	Screenprint
1980s	6	4	$1.6kSign up	Screenprint

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $3.2kSign up
Average: $2.9kSign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 10.5 in (21 × 27 cm)
Mediums: Gouache (1), Woodcut / linocut (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Birds (1)

1935 Recuerdos de infancia$3.8kSign up
1936 Abstract composition with a head and bird-like forms (from the Motivos portfolio)$1.9kSign up
1939 Variaciones sobre un tema Maya$3.2kSign up

1940s 46 works

Sold: 18 of 46
Median: $384Sign up
Average: $1.1kSign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 11.5 in (37 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (34), Lithograph (9), Other (2)
Subjects: —

Show 12 more (1940s)

1941 Sin título, de la carpeta Cielos Lumínicos, 1979$438Sign up
1941 Sin título, de la carpeta Cielos lumínicos$409Sign up
1941 Sin título, de la carpeta Cielos LumínicosResult not published
1941 Sin título, de la carpeta Cielos lumínicosUnsold
1941 "Otomíes", de la carpeta Mexican Costume.Unsold
1941 Sin título, de la carpeta Cielos lumínicosResult not published
1941 Sin título, de la carpeta Cielos lumínicosUnsold
1941 Sin título, de la carpeta Cielos lumínicosUnsold
1941 Sin título, de la carpeta Cielos lumínicosUnsold
1943 Estampas del Popol-Vuh$1.9kSign up
c. 1943 Estampas del Popol VuhUnsold
c. 1943 Estampas del Popol VuhResult not published

…and 22 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 2 works

Sold: 0 of 2
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 18.5 × 21 in (47 × 54 cm)
Mediums: Other (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

1954 Danza del venadoUnsold
c. 1956 Proyecto del mural GuatemalaUnsold · sold 2×

1960s 7 works

Sold: 5 of 7
Median: $25kSign up
Average: $32kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 16.5 in (47 × 42 cm)
Mediums: Other (2), Oil (2), Screenprint (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1970s 16 works

Sold: 9 of 16
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $1.4kSign up
Typical size: 20.5 × 19 in (52 × 48 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (12), Mixed media (2), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

1970 Serifrafía sobre espejo Spectra$642Sign up
1971 UntitledResult not published
1974 Tohil y el doble$1.8kSign up
1974 Tohil Y El Doble$1.3kSign up
1977 GemelosResult not published
1977 Projecto para una pintura$3.7kSign up
1978 Sin título, de la carpeta Un canto al Libro Sagrado$1.1kSign up
1978 Sin título, de la carpeta Un canto al Libro Sagrado$821Sign up
1978 La casita encantada$1.6kSign up
1978 Sin título, de la carpeta Un canto al Libro SagradoUnsold
1978 Sin título, de la carpeta Un canto al libro sagradoUnsold
1978 Sin título, de la carpeta Un canto al Libro SagradoUnsold

Show 4 more (1970s)

1978 La Endecha$563Sign up
1979 Sin títuloUnsold
1979 La dama de la esmeralda$1.2kSign up · sold 2×
1979 Escenografía profecíaUnsold · sold 2×

1980s 6 works

Sold: 4 of 6
Median: $1.6kSign up
Average: $2.4kSign up
Typical size: 23.5 × 27 in (60 × 68 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (4), Oil (1), Other (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1980 La cariátide azul en busca del tiempo perdido$887Sign up
1980 Untitled$1.9kSign up
1980 UntitledUnsold
1981 Cuando oigas a la alondra cantar$1.3kSign up
1981 Three Figures$5.5kSign up
1981 Estudio para serigrafía, El hijo del venadoUnsold

Creation date not recorded

86 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $5.1kSign up
Average: $4.6kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 13 in (39 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (1), Gouache (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (1)

sold 2004 Head and Horse$600Sign up
sold 2006 (Guatemalan 1895-1984)$5.1kSign up
sold 2008 Las Profesias$8kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 9 works

Sold: 9 of 9
Median: $3.1kSign up
Average: $3.5kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 7 in (21 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Other (3), Drawing (3), Gouache (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2), Abstract (2)

sold 2012 Angel on Horseback$2.4kSign up
sold 2016 Two Figures$474Sign up
sold 2017 MEXICAN COSTUME, silkscreen$50Sign up
sold 2018 Untitled$3.1kSign up
sold 2018 Untitled$8.1kSign up
sold 2019 Untitled (Abstract Study)$3.2kSign up

Show 3 more (2010s)

sold 2019 Untitled (Abstract Study)$1.1kSign up
sold 2019 Untitled (Two figures)$7.6kSign up
sold 2019 Cástor y Pólux$5.6kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 74 works

Sold: 27 of 74
Median: $825Sign up
Average: $1.4kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 14 in (46 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (51), Drawing (11), Lithograph (6)
Subjects: —

sold 2021 BocetoResult not published
sold 2021 BocetoResult not published
sold 2021 UntitledResult not published
sold 2021 Sin título, de la carpeta del Popol VuhUnsold
sold 2021 Chinelos de Tepoztlán, de la carpeta "Carnival in Mexico" (Carnaval en México)Unsold
sold 2021 Huastecas - San Luis PotosíResult not published

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2021 BocetoResult not published
sold 2021 "Mazateca de Oaxaca", de la carpeta Mexican CostumeUnsold
sold 2021 UntitledResult not published
sold 2021 BocetoResult not published
sold 2021 Otomíes, Estado de MéxicoResult not published
sold 2021 Dos hombres de Ocotoxco vestidos de Moros, de la carpeta "Carnival in Mexico" (Carnaval en México)Result not published

…and 62 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Carlos Mérida auction results →