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A woman holding a basket walks with a child

Simplified, semi abstract shapes in black, printed on mauve colored paper depict a woman and a child in profile walking to the right. At center, a woman is depicted by a large cone shape with mauve lines and shapes incised into it, which describe her face in profile, the folds of her ankle-length dress, her shoulder and her hand clutching a woven basket. Just behind her, a small child walks alongside her, and triangular shapes behind them suggest a street receding into the middle distance.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.314.4
People
David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican (Chihuahua, Mexico 1896 - 1974 Cuernavaca, Mexico)
Title
A Woman and a Child Walking in the Street
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: 13 Grabados
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1930-1931
Culture
Mexican
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/54187

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on thin mauve wove paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 15.3 x 11.6 cm (6 x 4 9/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Permanent transfer from the Fine Arts Library, Harvard University, Transfer from Tozzer Library
Copyright
© David Alfaro Siqueiros / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.314.4
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/18/2019 - 10/17/2019

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