Zapata

1932

Diego M. Rivera Mexican, 1886 - 1957

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About the Artwork

The subject of this rare lithograph by Diego Rivera is Emiliano Zapata (1879–1919), a Mexican revolutionary leader and champion of agrarian reform. Assassinated in 1919, he quickly became a political martyr. Here he stands before a group of rebels armed with farming tools, the dead body of a hacienda owner at his feet. The lithograph is based on the portrait of Zapata in the last panel of Rivera’s fresco cycle at the Cortez Palace in Cuernavaca, Mexico (1929–30), which presents a symbolic interpretation of 400 years of Mexican history relayed through the experiences of natives of Cuernavaca and the state of Morelos. Rivera also reinterpreted the scene of Zapata as a portable fresco for a retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1931. He translated the image into a lithograph in order to make his murals more widely available to collectors. From Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 89 (2015)

Title Zapata

Artwork Date 1932

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 Lithograph printed in black ink on cream wove paper

Dimensions Image: 16 5/8 × 13 1/4 inches (42.2 × 33.7 cm) Sheet: 22 7/8 × 16 inches (58.1 × 40.6 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Museum Purchase, The Leah Brenner Mexican Art Endowment Fund in memory of Paula Brenner

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. 2010.8

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2010-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Diego M. Rivera, Zapata, 1932, lithograph printed in black ink on cream wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, The Leah Brenner Mexican Art Endowment Fund in memory of Paula Brenner, 2010.8.