Still Life

1918

Diego M. Rivera Mexican, 1886 - 1957

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About the Artwork

Title Still Life

Artwork Date 1918

Artist Diego M. Rivera

Life Dates 1886 - 1957

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Mexican

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Watercolor and graphite on cream wove paper

Dimensions Sheet: 13 × 19 inches (33 × 48.3 cm)

Classification Drawings

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit City of Detroit Purchase

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 29.340

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Signed [see inscriptions]

Inscriptions Inscribed, in black ink, lower left: Rivera V-18 Inscribed, in pencil, center, verso: 13 Inscribed, upper center, verso: 5760

Marks Partial watermark, lower right corner: M [B M ?]

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(Weyhe Gallery, New York, New York, USA)

1929-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Still Life

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