David Alfaro Siqueiros
Guardián de la paz (Guardian of Peace)

Guardián de la paz (Guardian of Peace)

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Guardián de la paz (Guardian of Peace)
Guardián de la paz (Guardian of Peace)
ArtistMexican, 1896–1974
Print studioMexico City
CultureMexican
Titles
  • Guardián de la paz (Guardian of Peace)
Date1945
PlaceMexico
MediumLithograph
DimensionsImage: 11 3/4 × 9 1/16 in. (29.8 × 23 cm)
 Sheet: 19 5/8 × 12 7/8 in. (49.8 × 32.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Friends of Freda Radoff
Object number56.37
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Works on Paper: Mexican Prints and Drawings of the Twentieth Century (Grabadas y Dibujos Mexicanos del Siglo Veinte)," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 15, 1983–January 1, 1984.

"Graphic Art from Mexico," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 17, 1995–February 25, 1996.

"In the Company of Cats and Dogs," Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, June 22–September 21, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top left in pencil: Guardian of Peace 1947
bottom right below image in pencil: DA Siqueiros

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