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Carlos Mérida
The Oracle (El oráculo)1944

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Abstract oil painting with biomorphic forms in black, rust red, gray-blue, magenta, and yellow on an off-white ground, signed Carlos Mérida 1944
Artist or Maker
Carlos Mérida
Guatemala, active Mexico, 1891-1984
Title
The Oracle (El oráculo)
Date Made
1944
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
38 1/4 × 31 1/2 in. (97.1 × 80 cm)
Credit Line
The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art
Accession Number
AC1997.LWN.415
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Latin American Art