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Zapata

1931

David Alfaro Siqueiros

(Mexican, 1896–1974)
printer

George C. Miller

(American, 1894–1966)
publisher

Weyhe Gallery

Culture
Mexico, 20th century
Medium
lithograph
Measurements
Sheet: 61.2 x 51.5 cm (24 1/8 x 20 1/4 in.); Image: 52.2 x 39.7 cm (20 9/16 x 15 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection 1972.219
Catalogue raisonné
Williams 2
State
I/II
Edition
edition size either 35 or 50 (both numbers are inscribed throughout the edition)
Impression
6
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society, (ARS), New York
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

David Alfaro Siqueiros was one of numerous Mexican muralists to depict Emiliano Zapata around the time this print was made.

Description

This print depicts Emiliano Zapata (1879–1919), a leader of the Mexican Revolution who became a symbol of progressive politics in the decades following his assassination. Zapata disavowed his privileged background and fought for workers’ rights. In his lithograph, David Alfaro Siqueiros emphasized Zapata’s heroism, showing him astride a black horse.

Zapata

1931

David Alfaro Siqueiros, George C. Miller, Weyhe Gallery

(Mexican, 1896–1974), (American, 1894–1966)
Mexico, 20th century

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