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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Phosphorescent Volcano, from Portfolio..., 1968–1969

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Phosphorescent Volcano, from Portfolio..., 1968–1969

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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Aireal View, from Portfolio of 10..., 1968–1969

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Aireal View, from Portfolio of 10..., 1968–1969

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Dos Niños, 1956

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Dos Niños, 1956

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Sin Título De La Suite Prison Fantasies..., 1973

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Sin Título De La Suite Prison Fantasies..., 1973

Sale Date: August 5, 2023

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La espera

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Sale Date: August 24, 2023

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Niña madre, 1955

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Niña madre, 1955

Sale Date: August 12, 2023

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Six Plates, from Prison Fantasies (6 works), 1973

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Six Plates, from Prison Fantasies (6 works), 1973

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from Portfolio of 10 Original..., 1968–1969

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from Portfolio of 10 Original..., 1968–1969

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Self-Portrait, from Portfolio of 10..., 1968–1969

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Self-Portrait, from Portfolio of 10..., 1968–1969

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Sin título VI de la suite Prison Fantasies..., 1973

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sin título VI de la suite Prison Fantasies..., 1973

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Sin título de la suite Prison Fantasies..., 1973

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sin título de la suite Prison Fantasies..., 1973

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SCHOOL OF DAVID SIQUIEROS (20TH CENTURY)

School of David Alfaro Siqueiros

SCHOOL OF DAVID SIQUIEROS (20TH CENTURY)

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Two Plates, from Prison Fantasies, Portfolio , 1973

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Two Plates, from Prison Fantasies, Portfolio , 1973

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Prison Fantasies 2, 1973

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Prison Fantasies 2, 1973

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Prison Fantasies 7, 1973

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Prison Fantasies 7, 1973

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Prison Fantasies Series (Set of 10), 1973

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Prison Fantasies Series (Set of 10), 1973

Sale Date: June 15, 2023

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Primer estudio para el mural de la..., 1972

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Primer estudio para el mural de la..., 1972

Sale Date: May 17, 2023

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Paisaje montañoso, 1965

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Paisaje montañoso, 1965

Sale Date: May 17, 2023

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Zapata, 1930

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Mujer Con Nino

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Mujer Con Nino

Sale Date: April 4, 2023

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Prison Fantasies 5, 1973

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Prison Fantasies 5, 1973

Sale Date: April 1, 2023

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Prison Fantasies 6, 1973

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Prison Fantasies 6, 1973

Sale Date: April 1, 2023

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Untitled, 1964

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Untitled, 1964

Sale Date: March 29, 2023

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Untitled

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Sale Date: March 14, 2023

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