Emiliano Zapata

1930

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Emiliano Zapata’s identity as a popular hero stems from his leadership of land-ownership reforms at the beginning of the Mexican Revolution in 1910. Created more than a decade after his assassination, in 1919, this print celebrates his continued legacy. The elegantly dressed Zapata is shown here on horseback, his rifle secured to his saddle. A devoted printmaker, Siqueiros was attracted to lithography because of its capacity to emulate the forms and scale of mural painting and because impressions could be printed in large numbers. For Siqueiros, art and politics were inseparable, and many of his prints address these subjects.

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Title: Emiliano Zapata
Artist: David Alfaro Siqueiros (Mexican, Camargo 1896–1974 Cuernevaca)
Date: 1930
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 25 3/16 × 19 1/2 in. (64 × 49.5 cm)
Image: 20 7/8 × 15 9/16 in. (53 × 39.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Richard and JoAnn Edinburg Pinkowitz, 2024
Object Number: 2024.69.70
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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