Diego Rivera
La bordadora

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Artist Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886–1957)Mexican, 1886–1957

CultureMexican

Titles

La bordadora
The Embroiderer

Date1928

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 31 5/16 × 39 3/16 in. (79.5 × 99.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment

Object number2022.45

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Atrium Floor 2

On view

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenancePrivate collection, New Orleans, acquired circa 1929; [Christie's, New York, Latin American Art, March 11, 2022, no. 19999]; purchased by MFAH, 2022.
Exhibition History"Diego Rivera's America," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, July 16, 2022–January 1, 2023; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, March 11–July 31, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Signed and dated in blue paint, upper left corner: Diego Rivera [cursive]-28.
Verso: [none]

Recto: Signed in blue paint, upper left corner: Diego Rivera [cursive]

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