DIEGO RIVERA

Murals for the Museum of Modern Art





Diego Rivera. Agrarian Leader Zapata, 1931. 
Fresco on reinforced cement in a galvanized-steel framework, 93 ¾ x 74” (238.1 x 188 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund. 
© 2011 Banco de México Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, México, D.F./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York





Diego Rivera. Cartoon for Agrarian Leader Zapata. 1931. Charcoal on paper, 98 3/8 x 78” (250 x 198 cm).
Private collection, Mexico. © 2011 Banco de México Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, México, D.F./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York





Diego Rivera.
The Uprising. 1931.
Fresco on reinforced cement in a galvanized-steel framework, 74 x 94 1/8” (188 x 239 cm).
Private collection, Mexico
© 2011 Banco de México Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, México, D.F./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York





Diego Rivera. Pneumatic Drill (cartoon for Pneumatic Drilling). 1931. Charcoal on paper, 97 1/4x 76 7/8 (247 x 195.2 cm). Museo Dolores Olmedo, Xochimilco, Mexico. © 2011 Banco de México Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, México, D.F./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York





Diego Rivera.
Electric Power. 1931-32.
Fresco on reinforced cement in a galvanized-steel framework, 58 1/16 x 94 1/8” (147.5 x 239 cm).
Private collection, Mexico
© 2011 Banco de México Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, México, D.F./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York





Diego Rivera. Indian Warrior. 1931. 
Fresco on reinforced cement in a metal framework, 41 x 52 ½” (104.14 x 133.35 cm). Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts. Purchased with the Winthrop Hillyer Fund SC 1934:8-1. 
© 2011 Banco de México Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, México, D.F./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York




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Diego Rivera: Murals for the Museum of Modern Art
An exhibition at Museum of Modern Art of New York, MoMA
All paintings and drawings by Diego Rivera
Organized by Leah Dickerman, Curator, Painting and Sculpture
Jodi Roberts, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Painting and Sculpture
Exhibition website at MoMA
Images by Peter A. Juley & Son, courtesy the Smithsonian American Art Museum (americanart.si.edu)
Images by Lucienne Bloch, courtesy Old Stage Studios (www.luciennebloch.com)
All rights reserved to the owners noted in the images credits