Artist: DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROS ( 1898 - 1974 ) Mexican
Title: PRISON SERIES FROM THE "MEXICAN SUITE" C. 1968
Medium: color lithograph
Signed: Yes, lower right
Edition: 45 / 250
Dimension: Framed: museum framed plexiglass 25 1/4" x 18 1/4" gorgeous frame
Condition: Lithograph is very nice -see images. some toning margins
Provenance: Jose Vera Gallery
David Alfaro Siqueiros is one of Mexico's most important artist. Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, the artist attended the Open Air Art School in Santa Anita, Mexico. In 1914, he enlisted in the army , fighting in the Mexican Revolution. He painted his first mural in 1923, the start of a long career that would make him famous throughout Mexico and the United States. The Santa Barbara Museum of Art recently celebrated the installation of a Siqueiros mural that had been moved from a private home in Pacific Pallisades. Another important mural in LA was being restored by the Getty Museum.
He has been receiving a lot of recognition. Museums in LA as well as in other major cities in the United States have mounted major exhibitions. Museums have chosen to highlight the art of this great Mexican Master. He is known as one of the three Mexican Master artists, along with Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco.
To name a few of the exhibits of Siqueiros art to be held are the Museum of Latin American Art, the Autry National Center of the American West.
This is called the prison series coinciding when Siqueiros was in prison in the 1960's and continued to paint... A lot of information about this artist can be found on line.

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