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The Powerful Don Porfirio's Sword
ca. between 1944 and 1953
Diego M. Rivera
1886 - 1957
Mexican
Unknown
Pen and black ink over graphite pencil on wove paper
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 8 3/8 inches (27.6 × 21.3 cm) Mat: 18 × 14 inches (45.7 × 35.6 cm)
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Gift of the Leah Brenner Trust
2004.84
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Markings
Signed, in black ink, lower right: Diego Rivera
Inscribed, in black ink, identifying the various figures in the image, left center: El Pollo Inscribed, lower left: The powerful Don Porfirio's sword Inscribed, lower right: The awakened dog Inscribed, right center: Julio Inscribed, in pencil, verso, lower left: 16.77
Provenance
Leah Brenner (San Antonio, Texas, USA)
2004-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Diego M. Rivera, The Powerful Don Porfirio's Sword, 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, 2004.84.
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