The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of May 7, 2024
The Guerrilla Fighter Aureliano Rivera
1951
(Mexican, 1900–1972)
Sheet: 37.3 x 35.7 cm (14 11/16 x 14 1/16 in.); Image: 27.3 x 21.7 cm (10 3/4 x 8 9/16 in.)
© Erasto Cortés Juárez
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
In the year this print was made, Erasto Cortés Juárez published his own historical account of modern Mexican printmaking.Description
Erasto Cortés Juárez took up printmaking late in life and often used it to illustrate his own texts on Mexico’s cultural and political history. Such publications were popular in the decades following the revolution, as the country reconsidered its national identity. Included in a book about the country’s heroes, this print depicts guerrilla fighter Aureliano Rivera (1832–1903). Rivera attempted to stage a coup d’etat against Mexican president Benito Juárez (1806–1872), who he believed had been reelected unjustly. Cortés Juárez shows Rivera gazing forward boldly despite the violence taking place behind him, emphasizing his bravery and determination.- A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 14-August 2, 2020).Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2000.98