# Carlos Mérida artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-19T09:02:51.457Z
Quality: high confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1891-12-02
- Death date: 1984-12-21
- Nationality: Guatemalan, Mexican
- Movements: Mexican muralism, particularly in subject matter and Latin American cultural context, Non-figurative and geometric modernism
- Common media: Painting on canvas, Murals, Lithography and other printmaking, Glass and ceramic mosaic

## Portrait

![Carlos Mérida](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f3/Carlo_Merida_ca_1950.jpg)
Carlos Mérida · see-source-page
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_M%C3%A9rida

## About Carlos Mérida

Carlos Mérida (1891–1984) was a Guatemalan-born artist who became closely associated with Mexico, where he developed a modern visual language rooted in Latin American cultural themes. He worked as a painter, printmaker, draughtsman, and muralist. Mérida is often discussed in relation to Mexican muralism because of his subjects and public projects, although his style moved away from the movement’s narrative figuration toward non-figurative and geometric forms. His art drew on Guatemalan and Mexican identities, indigenous cultural imagery, and the broader visual culture of Latin America. Collectors and researchers encounter his work across paintings, graphic works, murals, and architectural compositions incorporating materials such as glass and ceramic mosaic. His documented career, museum representation, and extensive auction presence make accurate identification of medium, date, provenance, and attribution especially important.

## Common works and media

Auction and appraisal contexts may include paintings on canvas, lithographs and other prints, works on paper, murals, mixed-media objects, decorative works, and editions. Mérida’s public and architectural work also included compositions using glass and ceramic mosaic. Subject matter may relate to Guatemala, Mexico, indigenous dress, and wider Latin American cultural themes, while later works can show non-figurative or geometric forms. For any individual object, confirm the medium, dimensions, date, signature, edition status, provenance, condition, and attribution before selecting comparable sales.

## Market and appraisal context

Carlos Mérida works appear across several auction categories, including paintings, works on paper and prints, mixed media, sculpture, and decorative art or editions. Appraisal should begin with comparisons that match the work’s medium, dimensions, date, and career period. Condition, restoration, surface quality, signature or inscriptions, edition information, attribution confidence, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references can materially affect the assessment. Subject matter and rarity may also matter when comparing related works. Appraisily’s public market index provides a useful starting point through matched auction records, but it does not represent every private sale or attribution change and should not be treated as a final appraisal.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1043100
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/094655065
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG149887
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/3935
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.16975.html
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500004593
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95708851/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_M%C3%A9rida
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/carlos-merida/