Artist Monograph

David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican

Mexican, 1896–1974

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Woodcut	15	36.6%
Lithography	10	24.4%
Other Media	4	9.8%
Sculpture	2	4.9%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	35	85.4%
Painting & Sculpture	6	14.6%

Production by Decade

1930s

1940s

1960s

Classification Types

Print — 24
Illustrated Book — 11
Painting — 6

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	15	36.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	11	26.8%
Large (1–3 m)	15	36.6%

Range: 11.8 cm → 205.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1937	1
1938	1
1939	1
1940	3
1941	1
1943	1
1946	1
1950	1
1952	1
1954	3
1956	15
1964	1
1969	11

Mexican Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 41 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Head of an Indian Print Acc. 1651.1940	(n.d.)	Lithograph	composition: 16 9/16 x 10 5/8" (42 x 27 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
13 Woodcuts by Siqueiros (13 Grabados en madera por Siqueiros) Print Acc. 386.1956.1-14	1931	Portfolio of fourteen woodcuts (including cover) on colored paper mounted on paper	composition (orientation varies; each approx.): 5 1/8 × 3 1/2" (13 × 8.9 cm); sheet (each approx.): 9 7/8 × 6 15/16" (25.1 × 17.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Cover from 13 Woodcuts by Siqueiros (13 Grabados en madera por Siqueiros) Print Acc. 386.1956.14	1931	One from a portfolio of fourteen woodcuts (including cover)	composition and sheet: 9 7/8 × 6 15/16" (25.1 × 17.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Moisés Sáenz Print Acc. 78.1943	1931	Lithograph	composition: 21 7/16 x 16 1/8" (54.5 x 41 cm); sheet: 28 1/4 x 22 15/16" (71.8 x 58.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Seated Nude Print Acc. 113.1946	1931	Lithograph	composition: 21 5/16 x 12 11/16" (54.2 x 32.3 cm); sheet: 22 7/8 x 15 7/8" (58.1 x 40.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Untitled from 13 Woodcuts by Siqueiros (13 Grabados en madera por Siqueiros) Print Acc. 386.1956.1	1931	One from a portfolio of fourteen woodcuts (including cover) on colored paper mounted on paper	composition (irreg.): 3 9/16 × 5 1/8" (9 × 13 cm); sheet: 9 3/8 × 6 15/16" (23.8 × 17.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Untitled from 13 Woodcuts by Siqueiros (13 Grabados en madera por Siqueiros) Print Acc. 386.1956.2	1931	One from a portfolio of fourteen woodcuts (including cover) on colored paper mounted on paper	composition (irreg.): 3 1/2 × 5 1/8" (8.9 × 13 cm); sheet: 9 3/8 × 6 15/16" (23.8 × 17.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Untitled from 13 Woodcuts by Siqueiros (13 Grabados en madera por Siqueiros) Print Acc. 386.1956.3	1931	One from a portfolio of fourteen woodcuts (including cover) on colored paper mounted on paper	composition (irreg.): 5 1/16 × 3 1/2" (12.9 × 8.9 cm); sheet: 9 5/16 × 6 7/8" (23.6 × 17.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Untitled from 13 Woodcuts by Siqueiros (13 Grabados en madera por Siqueiros) Print Acc. 386.1956.4	1931	One from a portfolio of fourteen woodcuts (including cover) on colored paper mounted on paper	composition (irreg.): 5 1/8 × 3 7/16" (13 × 8.7 cm); sheet: 9 3/8 × 6 7/8" (23.8 × 17.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Untitled from 13 Woodcuts by Siqueiros (13 Grabados en madera por Siqueiros) Print Acc. 386.1956.5	1931	One from a portfolio of fourteen woodcuts (including cover) on colored paper mounted on paper	composition (irreg.): 3 7/16 × 5 1/8" (8.7 × 13 cm); sheet: 9 3/8 × 6 7/8" (23.8 × 17.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Untitled from 13 Woodcuts by Siqueiros (13 Grabados en madera por Siqueiros) Print Acc. 386.1956.6	1931	One from a portfolio of fourteen woodcuts (including cover) on colored paper mounted on paper	composition (irreg.): 3 1/2 × 5 1/8" (8.9 × 13 cm); sheet: 6 3/8 × 6 15/16" (16.2 × 17.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Untitled from 13 Woodcuts by Siqueiros (13 Grabados en madera por Siqueiros) Print Acc. 386.1956.7	1931	One from a portfolio of fourteen woodcuts (including cover) on colored paper mounted on paper	composition (irreg.): 5 1/8 × 3 1/2" (13 × 8.9 cm); sheet: 9 5/16 × 6 7/8" (23.7 × 17.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Untitled from 13 Woodcuts by Siqueiros (13 Grabados en madera por Siqueiros) Print Acc. 386.1956.8	1931	One from a portfolio of fourteen woodcuts (including cover) on colored paper mounted on paper	composition (irreg.): 3 1/2 × 5 1/8" (8.9 × 13 cm); sheet: 9 3/8 × 7" (23.8 × 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Untitled from 13 Woodcuts by Siqueiros (13 Grabados en madera por Siqueiros) Print Acc. 386.1956.9	1931	One from a portfolio of fourteen woodcuts (including cover) on colored paper mounted on paper	composition (irreg.): 5 1/8 × 3 9/16" (13 × 9 cm); sheet: 9 5/16 × 6 7/8" (23.7 × 17.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Untitled from 13 Woodcuts by Siqueiros (13 Grabados en madera por Siqueiros) Print Acc. 386.1956.10	1931	One from a portfolio of fourteen woodcuts (including cover) on colored paper mounted on paper	composition (irreg.): 3 7/16 × 5 1/8" (8.7 × 13 cm); sheet: 9 5/16 × 6 7/8" (23.7 × 17.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Untitled from 13 Woodcuts by Siqueiros (13 Grabados en madera por Siqueiros) Print Acc. 386.1956.11	1931	One from a portfolio of fourteen woodcuts (including cover) on colored paper mounted on paper	composition (irreg.): 3 1/2 × 4 5/8" (8.9 × 11.7 cm); sheet: 9 1/4 × 6 7/8" (23.5 × 17.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Untitled from 13 Woodcuts by Siqueiros (13 Grabados en madera por Siqueiros) Print Acc. 386.1956.12	1931	One from a portfolio of fourteen woodcuts (including cover) on colored paper mounted on paper	composition: 5 × 3 1/2" (12.7 × 8.9 cm); sheet: 9 5/16 × 6 15/16" (23.6 × 17.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Untitled from 13 Woodcuts by Siqueiros (13 Grabados en madera por Siqueiros) Print Acc. 386.1956.13	1931	One from a portfolio of fourteen woodcuts (including cover) on colored paper mounted on paper	composition (irreg.): 5 1/16 × 3 1/2" (12.9 × 8.9 cm); sheet: 9 5/16 × 6 7/8" (23.6 × 17.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Zapata Print Acc. 1565.1940	1931	Lithograph	composition: 20 15/16 x 15 11/16" (53.2 x 39.9 cm); sheet: 26 7/16 x 21" (67.2 x 53.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Proletarian Victim Painting Acc. 4.1938	1933	Enamel on burlap	6' 9" x 47 1/2" (205.8 x 120.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Estate of George Gershwin
Collective Suicide Painting Acc. 208.1937	1936	Lacquer on wood with applied sections	49" x 6' (124.5 x 182.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Dr. Gregory Zilboorg
Echo of a Scream Painting Acc. 633.1939	1937	Enamel on wood	48 x 36" (121.9 x 91.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward M. M. Warburg
Soldier (Militar) Print Acc. 660.1964	1937	Lithograph	composition: 16 15/16 x 14 1/16" (43 x 35.7 cm); sheet: 20 3/8 x 17 11/16" (51.8 x 45 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Ethnography Painting Acc. 1657.1940	1939	Enamel on board	48 1/8 x 32 3/8" (122.2 x 82.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
The Sob Painting Acc. 490.1941	1939	Enamel on board	48 1/2 x 24 3/4" (123.2 x 62.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
The Centaur of the Conquest Print Acc. 176.1954	1944	Lithograph	composition: 26 15/16 x 21 3/8" (68.4 x 54.3 cm); sheet: 21 5/8 x 18 5/16" (55 x 46.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Guardian of the Peace Print Acc. 111.1952	(1945)	Lithograph	composition: 11 13/16 x 9 1/16" (30 x 23 cm); sheet: 19 1/2 x 12 3/4" (49.6 x 32.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Latin America Print Acc. 175.1954	(1947)	Lithograph	composition: 11 15/16 x 8 7/8" (30.4 x 22.5 cm); sheet: 19 9/16 x 12 3/4" (49.7 x 32.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Our Image (Nuestra Imagen) Print Acc. 174.1954	(1947)	Lithograph	composition: 11 7/8 x 11 3/4" (30.1 x 29.9 cm); sheet: 19 5/8 x 12 13/16" (49.9 x 32.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Hands Painting Acc. 101.1950	1949	Enamel on board	48 1/8 x 39 3/8" (122.2 x 100 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Henry R. Luce
Plate 1 from POEMS FROM THE CANTO GENERAL Illustrated Book Acc. 490.1969.B01	1966-1968		irreg. composition 41 x 23 1/8" (104.2 x 58.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Plate 10 from POEMS FROM THE CANTO GENERAL Illustrated Book Acc. 490.1969.B10	1966-1968		irreg. composition 23 1/8 x 41" (58.8 x 104.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Plate 2 from POEMS FROM THE CANTO GENERAL Illustrated Book Acc. 490.1969.B02	1966-1968		irreg. composition 23 5/8 x 40 15/16" (60 x 104 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Plate 3 from POEMS FROM THE CANTO GENERAL Illustrated Book Acc. 490.1969.B03	1966-1968		irreg. composition 22 5/8 x 40 7/8" (57.5 x 103.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Plate 4 from POEMS FROM THE CANTO GENERAL Illustrated Book Acc. 490.1969.B04	1966-1968		irreg. composition 22 7/16 x 41" (57 x 104.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Plate 5 from POEMS FROM THE CANTO GENERAL Illustrated Book Acc. 490.1969.B05	1966-1968		irreg. composition 23 5/16 x 40 15/16" (59.2 x 104 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Plate 6 from POEMS FROM THE CANTO GENERAL Illustrated Book Acc. 490.1969.B06	1966-1968		irreg. composition 22 7/16 x 41" (57 x 104.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Plate 7 from POEMS FROM THE CANTO GENERAL Illustrated Book Acc. 490.1969.B07	1966-1968		irreg. composition 22 7/16 x 41" (57 x 104.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Plate 8 from POEMS FROM THE CANTO GENERAL Illustrated Book Acc. 490.1969.B08	1966-1968		irreg. composition 23 7/16 x 41" (59.6 x 104.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Plate 9 from POEMS FROM THE CANTO GENERAL Illustrated Book Acc. 490.1969.B09	1966-1968		irreg. composition 21 1/4 x 39 3/16" (54 x 99.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Poems from the Canto General Illustrated Book Acc. 490.1969.A-B	1968. (Prints executed 1966-1967).	Illustrated book with ten lithographs	page 23 5/8 x 20 1/2" (60 x 52 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund