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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Perro bravo (Guardián de la paz), 1945

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Perro bravo (Guardián de la paz), 1945

Sale Date: November 18, 2020

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Danzante

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Danzante

Sale Date: November 19, 2020

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Estudio bidimensional para el mural La marcha de

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Estudio bidimensional para el mural La marcha de

Sale Date: November 19, 2020

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Paisaje y ecología, panel I, ca. 1966, 1966

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Paisaje y ecología, panel I, ca. 1966, 1966

Sale Date: November 19, 2020

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III, De la Carpeta Canto General, 1968

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III, De la Carpeta Canto General, 1968

Sale Date: November 12, 2020

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Untitled (from Prison Fantasies, Portfolio II), 1973

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Untitled (from Prison Fantasies, Portfolio II), 1973

Sale Date: October 18, 2020

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FIGURA, 1964

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FIGURA, 1964

Sale Date: October 5, 2020

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Muerte el Invasor

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Muerte el Invasor

Sale Date: October 11, 2020

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Sin título (Dos arbolitos / dos cabezas)

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Sin título (Dos arbolitos / dos cabezas)

Sale Date: August 27, 2020

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Sin título, 1937

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Sin título, 1937

Sale Date: August 27, 2020

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De la Conquista, 1945

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De la Conquista, 1945

Sale Date: September 13, 2020

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Sin título

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Sin título

Sale Date: August 13, 2020

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Mother Love, de la carpeta Mexican Suite, 1969

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Mother Love, de la carpeta Mexican Suite, 1969

Sale Date: August 13, 2020

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KAKTOS (CACTÁCEAS), 1963

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KAKTOS (CACTÁCEAS), 1963

Sale Date: June 29, 2020

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Benito Juárez, 1971

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Benito Juárez, 1971

Sale Date: June 18, 2020

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Horse & Rider

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Horse & Rider

Sale Date: June 18, 2020

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Tierra Roja; Mountain Suite, 1968

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Tierra Roja; Mountain Suite, 1968

Sale Date: May 21, 2020

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Dos Niños; El Amante; Hombre Atado #2..., 1956–1969

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Dos Niños; El Amante; Hombre Atado #2..., 1956–1969

Sale Date: May 20, 2020

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Untitled (Figura con los Brazos Levantados)

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Untitled (Figura con los Brazos Levantados)

Sale Date: April 19, 2020

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Untitled (Figura Diagonal)

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Untitled (Figura Diagonal)

Sale Date: April 19, 2020

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Tehuantepec Bathers, 1930

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Tehuantepec Bathers, 1930

Sale Date: April 23, 2020

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Dos Ninos, 1956

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Dos Ninos, 1956

Sale Date: March 21, 2020

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Dama Negra, 1935, 1935

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Dama Negra, 1935, 1935

Sale Date: May 14, 2020

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Autorretrato, de la carpeta Mountain Suite, 1969

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Autorretrato, de la carpeta Mountain Suite, 1969

Sale Date: March 19, 2020

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