David Alfaro Siqueiros

(Mexican, 1896–1974)

David Alfaro Siqueiros was a Mexican painter best known for his involvement in the Mexican Muralism movement, along with Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco. The artist’s style merged the aesthetics of socialist realism, pre-Columbian art, Cubist handling of forms, and surreal imagery to create compelling and often politically-charged content. For example, in the print Heroic Voice (1971), the artist depicted a statesman surrounded by socialist imagery representative of the struggle of the proletariat. Born on December 29, 1896 in Chihuahua City, Mexico, he studied at the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City. He later withdrew from the school and joined Venustiano Carranza’s Constitutional Army, which was fighting to take down the military government of Victoriano Huerta. Shortly thereafter, Siqueiros moved to Paris where he met Diego Rivera and came under the influence of artists like Paul Cézanne and Pablo Picasso. He then returned to Mexico City and worked as a muralist for Álvaro Obregón’s revolutionary government, during which time he joined the Syndicate of Revolutionary Mexican Painters, Sculptors, and Engravers in support of the recent revolution. At the end of his life, Siqueiros participated in the Venice Biennale and painted a number of public murals. The artist died on January 6, 1974 in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Tate Gallery in London, among others.

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Danzante

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Danzante

Sale Date: December 5, 2019

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Mujer desnuda acostada, 1931

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Mujer desnuda acostada, 1931

Sale Date: December 5, 2019

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Portrait of Gloria Calero de Urueta, 1931

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Portrait of Gloria Calero de Urueta, 1931

Sale Date: November 21, 2019

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¿Flores, Si, y No?, 1962

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¿Flores, Si, y No?, 1962

Sale Date: November 21, 2019

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Untitled, 1956

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Untitled, 1956

Sale Date: November 14, 2019

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Estudio para el mural

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Estudio para el mural "Patricios y Patricidas, 1950

Sale Date: November 14, 2019

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PAISAJE ROJO (ABSTRACCIÓN), 1970

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PAISAJE ROJO (ABSTRACCIÓN), 1970

Sale Date: November 13, 2019

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RETRATO DE SEÑORA TERESITA ALFARO SIQUEIROS..., 1950

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RETRATO DE SEÑORA TERESITA ALFARO SIQUEIROS..., 1950

Sale Date: November 13, 2019

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Untitled, 1963

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Untitled, 1963

Sale Date: November 20, 2019

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Sin título, de Prison Fantasies Portfolio I, 1973

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Sin título, de Prison Fantasies Portfolio I, 1973

Sale Date: October 24, 2019

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Sin título, de Prison Fantasies Portfolio II, 1973

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Sin título, de Prison Fantasies Portfolio II, 1973

Sale Date: October 24, 2019

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Madre Mexicana, 1973

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Madre Mexicana, 1973

Sale Date: October 24, 2019

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Retrato de Moisés Sáenz, 1930

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Retrato de Moisés Sáenz, 1930

Sale Date: October 24, 2019

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Muerte al invasor, 1946

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Muerte al invasor, 1946

Sale Date: October 24, 2019

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Mujer Sentada, 1965

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Mujer Sentada, 1965

Sale Date: October 19, 2019

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Portfolio of Ten Original Lithographs, 1968–1969

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Portfolio of Ten Original Lithographs, 1968–1969

Sale Date: October 15, 2019

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Zapata., 1930

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Zapata., 1930

Sale Date: September 19, 2019

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Two color lithographs., 1968

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Two color lithographs., 1968

Sale Date: September 19, 2019

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Group of 7 color lithographs., 1968

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Group of 7 color lithographs., 1968

Sale Date: September 19, 2019

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Meditation, de la carpeta Mexican Suite, 1969

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Meditation, de la carpeta Mexican Suite, 1969

Sale Date: September 12, 2019

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Sin título, de Prison Fantasies Portfolio II, 1973

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Sin título, de Prison Fantasies Portfolio II, 1973

Sale Date: September 12, 2019

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San Sebastián, 1930

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San Sebastián, 1930

Sale Date: September 12, 2019

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Máscara, de la carpeta Mountain Suite, 1969

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Máscara, de la carpeta Mountain Suite, 1969

Sale Date: September 12, 2019

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Vista aérea, de la carpeta Mountain suite, 1969

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Vista aérea, de la carpeta Mountain suite, 1969

Sale Date: September 12, 2019

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