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San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.

Zapata

San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Contact San Antonio Museum of Art, Registrar Department for rights and reproduction of this image. Photography by Peggy Tenison. © Siqueiros David Alfaro / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico

Zapata

Artist: (Mexican, 1896-1974)
Place made:Mexico
Date: 1931
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions:
24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 2000.16
Signed: Signed, lower left: A. Siqueiros
Copyright: © Siqueiros David Alfaro / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico
Inscribed: Titled, lower right: Zapata; numbered, lower left: 33/50
Label Text
Identifiable by his sombrero and thick moustache, Emiliano Zapata was a leading figure who fought for agrarian rights during the Mexican Revolution (1910–1920). David Alfaro Siqueiros’s homage demonstrates Zapata’s iconic status years after the Revolution and Zapata’s 1919 assassination. Siqueiros led the Mexican muralist movement along with Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco. They incorporated imagery from Mexico’s pre-colonial past and modern life to promote a new national identity.
(Lana Meador, 2020)

Emiliano Zapata, reconocido por su sombrero de charro mexicano y su grueso bigote, fue un líder militar que luchó por los derechos agrarios durante la Revolución Mexicana (1910-1920). Este homenaje de David Alfaro Siqueiros al “Caudillo de Sur”, creado años después de la Revolución, y el asesinato de Zapata en 1919, demuestra la condición emblemática de este líder revolucionario. Siqueiros lideró el movimiento muralista mexicano junto con Diego Rivera y José Clemente Orozco. Incorporaron imágenes del pasado precolombino y de la vida moderna de México, para así promover una nueva pertenencia nacional.
(Lana Meador, 2020)
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