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Moises Saenz

A work made of lithograph on cream wove paper.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico City

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  • A work made of lithograph on cream wove paper.

Date:

1931

Artist:

David Alfaro Siqueiros
Mexican, 1896-1974

About this artwork

With Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros was a founder of the renowned school of Mexican mural painting. A Marxist activist since his youth, he fought in the Mexican Revolution and later studied art in Europe. In the early 1930s, he was an influential professor of art in Los Angeles. Later, while in exile from Mexico, he also lived in Chile and Cuba. In this monumental portrait lithograph, he expressed his admiration for Mexican writer, educator, politician, and diplomat Moises Saenz.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Title

Moises Saenz

Place

Mexico (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1931

Medium

Lithograph on cream wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 44.5 × 41 cm (17 9/16 × 16 3/16 in.); Sheet: 66 × 50.8 cm (26 × 20 in.)

Credit Line

Joyce Turner Hilkevitch Collection in memory of Jonathan Turner

Reference Number

1991.898

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico City

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