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Whipping Boy

1935
(Mexican, 1896–1974)
Mexico, 20th century
oil on canvas wax lined to aluminum sheet
Unframed: 90.2 x 70.5 cm (35 1/2 x 27 3/4 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar H. Steiner 1964.356
© Artists Rights Society, (ARS), New York
Location: not on view
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Mexican muralists such as Siqueiros were concerned with racial inequality, and they were unwilling to compromise their beliefs in their artworks. An artists’ manifesto signed by Siqueiros reads, “What is a revolutionary artist in Mexico? One who, by taking an active part in the people's struggle for their rights, puts his art at the service of this movement.”
Whipping Boy

Whipping Boy

1935

David Alfaro Siqueiros

(Mexican, 1896–1974)
Mexico, 20th century

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