Merchant of Art, ca. between 1944 and 1953

  • Diego M. Rivera, Mexican, 1886 - 1957

Pen and black ink over graphite pencil on wove paper

  • Sheet: 8 3/8 × 10 7/8 inches (21.3 × 27.6 cm) Mat: 14 × 18 inches (35.6 × 45.7 cm)

Gift of the Leah Brenner Trust

2004.76

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Signed, in black ink, as part of the image, lower center: Me | Diego Rivera

Inscribed, in black ink, identifying the various figures, upper left: Jose Guadalupe Posada | The greatest mexican people's artist; upper right: Don Hugo | The | Society | hugest | master Inscribed, upper right corner: THE GLORY (with dollar sign in medallion) Inscribed, lower center: "Merchant of Art" Inscribed,in pencil, verso, lower left: 8:77 Inscribed, lower right: 62.39.14.L

Leah Brenner (San Antonio, Texas, USA)

2004-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Diego M. Rivera, Merchant of Art, ca. between 1944 and 1953, pen and black ink over graphite pencil on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Leah Brenner Trust, 2004.76.