Maternity
Artist:
David Alfaro Siqueiros
(Mexican, 1896-1974)
Place made:Mexico
Date: 1972-1973
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions:
22 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (57.2 x 74.9 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Univision Communications, Inc.
Object number: 99.4.1.d
Signed: Signed and numbered, lower right: H.C. 16/25
Label Text
"The Mexican Masters’ Suite" consists of eight original lithographs, two each by the Mexican artists: Jose Luis Cuevas, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Rufino Tamayo and Francisco Zuniga, who also has one limited edition bronze included.
The Mesoamerican tradition of creating works on paper dates to the codices of the Maya, Mixtec, and Aztec civilizations. The first printing press in the Americas was established in Mexico City in 1539. By the late 18th century, printmaking was in the curriculum of Academia de San Carlos de Nueva España, the first major art academy in the Americas. Printmaking has remained a prominent genre in Latin American art history. (Lucía Abramovich Sánchez, 2020)
The Mesoamerican tradition of creating works on paper dates to the codices of the Maya, Mixtec, and Aztec civilizations. The first printing press in the Americas was established in Mexico City in 1539. By the late 18th century, printmaking was in the curriculum of Academia de San Carlos de Nueva España, the first major art academy in the Americas. Printmaking has remained a prominent genre in Latin American art history. (Lucía Abramovich Sánchez, 2020)
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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This resource has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the Human Endeavor.
