Rivera, Diego. The Fruits of Labor, 1932. lithograph, Image: 42.1 x 29.9 cm (16 9/16 x 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 54.6 x 38.5 cm (21 1/2 x 15 3/16 in.). Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1934.165. Copyrighted undefined.

The Fruits of Labor

1932

Diego Rivera

Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886–1957)

Prints

The Fruits of Labor, 1932. Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886–1957), printed by George C. Miller (American, 1894–1966), published by Weyhe Gallery. Lithograph; image: 42.1 x 29.9 cm (16 9/16 x 11 3/4 in.); sheet: 54.6 x 38.5 cm (21 1/2 x 15 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1934.165 © Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Diego Rivera is best known for large-scale public murals, often on the history and future of Mexico. This print presents details of a painting from a 1920s commission at the Secretariat of Public Education, a government building in Mexico City. Lithography—a technique that Rivera favored for its “directness of contact”—allowed him to share his site-specific murals with an even broader public. Diego Rivera produced only 13 prints during his long career, encouraged by his dealer Carl Zigrosser of Weyhe Gallery.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Rivera, Diego
Classification: Print
Formatted Medium: lithograph
Medium: lithograph
Dimensions: Image: 42.1 x 29.9 cm (16 9/16 x 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 54.6 x 38.5 cm (21 1/2 x 15 3/16 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: signed and inscribed at lower right, in pencil: 84/100 Diego Rivera; at lower right, in pencil: 1932; initialed and dated on stone at lower center: DR 32
Departments: Prints
Accession Number: 1934.165
Credit Line: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
Exhibitions: Recent Accessions of Prints, 1933-34, Ways of Drawing Faces, A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America
Rights Statement: Copyrighted undefined