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Niña madre (Child Mother)

Artist/Maker (Mexican, 1896–1974)
Date1956
MediumLithograph
DimensionsImage: 30 3/16 × 23 1/16 in. (76.6 × 58.5 cm)
Sheet: 33 11/16 × 25 1/8 in. (85.5 × 63.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Seligson in honor of their daughter, Judy Seligson (OC 1981)
EditionE/E
Object number1977.78
Status
Not on view
Copyright© Siqueiros David Alfaro / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, MexicoMore Information
Siqueiros' lithograph Child Mother, produced more than 20 years after most works in this exhibition, underscores his artistic longevity (Orozco died in 1949; Rivera in 1957). More than the other two "grandes," Siqueiros was forced to address the long-term changes in the direction of the Revolution. Forty years after the start of the Revolution, and despite the growing political and economic strength of the state, the lower classes seemed farther than ever from the rewards promised them. Siqueiros' lithograph suggests the strife and poverty to which peasants were still subject. The violent backdrop which frames the young mother and her child threatens to overcome them, yet their determination is echoed in their ferocious gazes.
Exhibition History
The Mexican Revolution in Prints and Paintings
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 9, 2008 - December 23, 2008 )
Latin American and Latino Art at the Allen
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 2, 2014 - June 28, 2015 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary
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