Diego Rivera
La bordadora

La bordadora

© Banco de Mexico Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museum Trust, Mexico, D.F./ Artists Rights Society, New York

La bordadora
La bordadora
ArtistMexican, 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
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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