Carlos Mérida

Proyectos para los murales del Banco de Guatemala

Found at Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Latin American Art Online, Lot 59
21.Jul - 04.Aug.2020
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Price realised: 10.625 USD
signed and dated 'CARLOS MERIDA, 1963' (upper left) inscribed 'Proyectos (laterales del cubiculo) para los murales del Banco de Guatemala, Carlos Mérida, 1963' (lower left)
watercolor, gouache and ink on paper
17 1⁄8 x 58 1⁄4 in. (43.5 x 148 cm.)
Executed in 1963.
The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art. | Gift from the above.

Auction result well in line with expectations

The work Proyectos para los murales del Banco de Guatemala by Carlos Mérida was sold in the Latin American Art Online auction at Christies in New York in August 2020. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 10,000.00 – 15,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 10,625.00 (€ 8,901.64) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Carlos Mérida achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work El Pequeño Venado in May 2019 with an auction result of USD 212,500.00 (€ 190,600.05).

Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen

Die Arbeit Proyectos para los murales del Banco de Guatemala von Carlos Mérida wurde im August 2020 in der Auktion Latin American Art Online bei Christies in New York versteigert. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 10.000,00 – 15.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 10.625,00 (€ 8.901,64) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Carlos Mérida erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit El Pequeño Venado im Mai 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 212.500,00 (€ 190.600,05).

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