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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Niño tarahumara, 1939

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Niño tarahumara, 1939

Sale Date: November 21, 2007

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Paz, carcel preventiva, 1961

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Paz, carcel preventiva, 1961

Sale Date: November 20, 2007

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Los dos Davides, 1963

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Los dos Davides, 1963

Sale Date: November 19, 2007

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Mountain suite (portfolio of 10), 1969

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Mountain suite (portfolio of 10), 1969

Sale Date: November 6, 2007

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Untitled

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Untitled

Sale Date: September 22, 2007

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Nuestra imagen actual (study)

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Nuestra imagen actual (study)

Sale Date: September 22, 2007

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Prison fantasies, Portfolio I (+ Prison..., 1968

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Prison fantasies, Portfolio I (+ Prison..., 1968

Sale Date: September 20, 2007

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El que Crea en el lo Pinte

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El que Crea en el lo Pinte

Sale Date: September 20, 2007

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Dos niños, 1956–1957

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Dos niños, 1956–1957

Sale Date: September 20, 2007

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Man with outstretched arms, 1945

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Man with outstretched arms, 1945

Sale Date: September 9, 2007

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En movimiento

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En movimiento

Sale Date: July 3, 2007

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Purple dancer (+ Purple, gray and brown dancer;...

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Purple dancer (+ Purple, gray and brown dancer;...

Sale Date: June 21, 2007

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For Troglodia Obra Teatral en la Carcel, 1963

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For Troglodia Obra Teatral en la Carcel, 1963

Sale Date: May 22, 2007

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Autorretrato - El machete, 1968

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Autorretrato - El machete, 1968

Sale Date: May 31, 2007

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Dance - Torment

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Dance - Torment

Sale Date: May 24, 2007

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Study for la marcha de la humanidad,..., 1968

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Study for la marcha de la humanidad,..., 1968

Sale Date: May 31, 2007

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Implacable lujuria (Nombre de un personaje)

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Implacable lujuria (Nombre de un personaje)

Sale Date: May 31, 2007

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Urbanización en el altiplano, 1956

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Urbanización en el altiplano, 1956

Sale Date: May 31, 2007

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Untitled, 1956

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Untitled, 1956

Sale Date: May 31, 2007

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Niña Madre, 1956

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Niña Madre, 1956

Sale Date: May 23, 2007

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Penitenciaría, 1930

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Penitenciaría, 1930

Sale Date: May 23, 2007

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Zapata, 1930

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Zapata, 1930

Sale Date: May 1, 2007

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Untitled (+ another; 2 works from The..., 1968

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Untitled (+ another; 2 works from The..., 1968

Sale Date: March 2, 2007

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Piedra volcánica, 1955

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Piedra volcánica, 1955

Sale Date: November 21, 2006

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