Agrarian Leader Zapata

Diego Rivera · 1931

Before you is Agrarian Leader Zapata — a painting by the Mexican artist Diego Rivera, nineteen thirty-one. Fresco on reinforced cement in galvanized-steel framework — about 2.4 by 1.9 meters. Somewhere in there: the horse, and the portrait of a person. Rivera was married to Frida Kahlo — who also hangs in this museum.

Medium Fresco on reinforced cement in galvanized-steel framework · Dimensions 7' 9 3/4" x 6' 2" (238.1 x 188 cm) · Credit Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund

Hanging beside it in The Philip Johnson Galleries: Study for the mural Day of the Dead: The Offering at the Secretariat of Public Education, Mexico City (Estudio para el mural Día de Muertos: La Ofrenda en la Secretaría de Educación Pública, Ciudad de México)

More by Diego Rivera here: Man at the Crossroads, Flower Festival: Feast of Santa Anita, The Man. Costume design for the ballet H.P. (Horsepower), Set design for scene four of the ballet H.P. (Horsepower), Study for backdrop for the ballet H.P. (Horsepower), Stock Market. Set design for scene four of the ballet H.P. (Horsepower)