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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Madre e hijo, de la suite Prison fantasies,..., 1968

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Madre e hijo, de la suite Prison fantasies,..., 1968

Sale Date: January 22, 2015

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Abstract Lithographs

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Abstract Lithographs

Sale Date: January 24, 2015

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Strong Woman, 1949

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Strong Woman, 1949

Sale Date: December 4, 2014

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Niñas de México en traje de domingo, 1963

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Niñas de México en traje de domingo, 1963

Sale Date: November 20, 2014

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Árbol de la Vida

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Árbol de la Vida

Sale Date: November 25, 2014

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Autorretrato, 1934

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Autorretrato, 1934

Sale Date: November 24, 2014

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Siqueiros por siqueiros, 1939

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Siqueiros por siqueiros, 1939

Sale Date: November 24, 2014

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Two framed lithographs, 1945

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Two framed lithographs, 1945

Sale Date: November 1, 2014

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Mountains

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Mountains

Sale Date: October 27, 2014

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From Prison Fantasies, 1968–1970

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From Prison Fantasies, 1968–1970

Sale Date: October 23, 2014

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Boceto (For mural), 1930–1939

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Boceto (For mural), 1930–1939

Sale Date: October 18, 2014

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Arbol confuego (Tree on fire), 1971

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Arbol confuego (Tree on fire), 1971

Sale Date: October 18, 2014

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Mexican Suite (set of 10), 1968

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Mexican Suite (set of 10), 1968

Sale Date: October 29, 2014

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Siqueiros (portfolio of 10), 1969

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Siqueiros (portfolio of 10), 1969

Sale Date: October 21, 2014

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Zapata, 1930

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Zapata, 1930

Sale Date: October 21, 2014

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El vuelo, de Mexican Suite, 1968

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El vuelo, de Mexican Suite, 1968

Sale Date: October 1, 2014

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El Canto General IX

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El Canto General IX

Sale Date: October 1, 2014

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El Canto General III

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El Canto General III

Sale Date: October 1, 2014

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Bañista de Tehuantepec, 1930

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Bañista de Tehuantepec, 1930

Sale Date: October 1, 2014

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Vista panorámica, 1969

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Vista panorámica, 1969

Sale Date: October 1, 2014

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Prison Fantasies (set of 6), 1973

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Prison Fantasies (set of 6), 1973

Sale Date: September 25, 2014

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Vista aérea * Sin título (Mujer) (2 works), 1968

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Vista aérea * Sin título (Mujer) (2 works), 1968

Sale Date: September 23, 2014

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Madre y Niño (from Mexican Suite), 1968

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Madre y Niño (from Mexican Suite), 1968

Sale Date: September 23, 2014

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Dos Niños, 1956–1957

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Dos Niños, 1956–1957

Sale Date: September 23, 2014

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