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AdmittedDiego Rivera · 1927
You're looking at Banana. Costume design for the ballet H.P. (Horsepower) — a drawing by Rivera, nineteen twenty-seven. It's watercolor, pencil, and colored pencil on paper, about 37 by 26 centimeters.
Medium Watercolor, pencil, and colored pencil on paper · Dimensions 14 1/2 x 10 1/4" (36.8 x 26 cm) · Credit Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Hanging beside it in The Philip Johnson Galleries: Gas Pump. Set design for the ballet H.P. (Horsepower), Sugar Cane. Costume design for the ballet H.P. (Horsepower)
More by Diego Rivera here: Agrarian Leader Zapata, 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)
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