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Carlos Mérida

Kavec, Nihau y Alam,

Maker

  • Carlos Mérida

Title

Kavec, Nihau y Alam

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Pastel and encaustic

Techniques

  • Pastel and encaustic

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

57.2 x 78.1 cm (22 1/2 x 30 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed in LC:Carlos Merida, 1966. Inscribed in red pencil on verso, UL: "KAVEC, NIHAU Y ALAM"-- Carlos Merida 1966

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Modern Latin American Art

Object Number

66.156

Kavec, Nihau y Alam
Kavec Nihva y Alam

The First America

Selections From the Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Latin American Art: An Exhibition of Works from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Signed in LC:Carlos Merida, 1966. Inscribed in red pencil on verso, UL: "KAVEC, NIHAU Y ALAM"-- Carlos Merida 1966

Publications

The First America

Selections From the Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Latin American Art: An Exhibition of Works from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibition History

Raid the Icebox Now with Pablo Helguera

February 7, 2020 - August 21, 2021

Historias

August 9, 2013 - January 5, 2014

Del Nuevo Mundo

June 17 - September 4, 1988

The Nancy Sayles Day Collection

January 4 - February 6, 1977

Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Modern Latin American Art

October 23 - December 24, 1966
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