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• Lot n° 148 Carlos Mérida (1891-1984, Guatemalan) "Trajes Regionales Mexicanos" portfolio, 1945 Edition: 57/1000 The complete set of 25 screenprints in colors on wove paper, together with the justification page signed and numbered in ink: Carlos Merida / no. 57; each of the screenprints with the artist's name, plate number, and individual title printed as part of the image; together with the title pages, list of plates, and introductory text staple-bound as issued; the 25 plates loose, as issued; all contained within the original beige cloth-covered portfolio boards/wrapper with printed design, title, and publisher on the front; Editorial Atlante, Mexico City, Mexico, pub. Image of each:12.5" H x 9.25" W.; Sheet of each: 17.5" H x 12.75" W Other Notes: Carlos Mérida is regarded as one of the key innovators of Latin American modernism, celebrated for merging European avant-garde aesthetics with Indigenous visual traditions from Guatemala and Mexico. Born in Guatemala City to a family of mixed Spanish and Mayan-Quiché heritage, Mérida was exposed early to the cultural richness of his homeland. Initially trained as a musician, he turned to painting after a hearing condition ended his musical studies, an early shift that would later inform the rhythmic quality of his visual work. In 1910, after his first exhibition in Guatemala, Mérida traveled to Paris, where he encountered the flourishing modernist movements that would shape his artistic trajectory. There he mingled with figures such as Picasso, Mondrian, Diego Rivera, and Ángel Zárraga, absorbing the languages of Cubism, Expressionism, and emerging abstraction. This period crystallized his belief that modernism could serve as a framework through which Latin American artists might reinterpret their own cultural identities rather than simply imitate European models. Mérida returned briefly to Guatemala before relocating permanently to Mexico City in 1919, aligning himself with, but distinctly apart from the Mexican muralist movement. While Rivera, Orozco, and Siqueiros focused on monumental, narrative realism, Mérida carved a more experimental path, blending geometric abstraction with Indigenous motifs drawn from Mayan and Mexican traditions. His work across painting, printmaking, muralism, and design is marked by clarity of form, bold color, and a deep sense of rhythmic composition, reflecting both his musical origins and his commitment to synthesizing diverse cultural sources. Over a career spanning seven decades, Mérida exhibited widely throughout the Americas and Europe, executed major murals in Mexico and the United States, and became an influential teacher and theorist. Today, he is recognized as one of the first artists to articulate a distinctly Latin American form of modernism, one that honored Indigenous heritage while engaging fully with international art movements. His works remain essential touchstones in the study of 20th-century art in the Americas. Overall good condition. Full margins and the colors fresh. Plate 1 with two pinhead-sized insect holes in the blank directly above the artist's printed name in the lower right corner of the image; Plates 12 and 22 each with one small and unobtrusive, extremely minor, printing irregularity; a few of the plates with occasional minor specks of stray printer's ink or a few unobtrusive tiny foxmarks in the blanks of the image; each of the plates with typical time staining and minor scattered occasional foxing in the outer margins, as well as faint offsetting from other plates on their versos; all of the text sheets with one related pinhead-sized insect hole in each of their lower right quadrants, and with pale time staining, minor surface soiling, and some of the pages partially disbound; the original cloth-covered portfolio boards/wrapper with minor surface soiling and shelf wear, including partial or full splits or along some of their edges; other lesser defects. Original cloth-covered portfolio with string ties: 18.25" H x 13.5 W x 1.25" D