David Alfaro Siqueiros
Head
1950-1960
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David Alfaro Siqueiros
Head
1950-1960
Physical Qualities
Photo-transfer lithograph, Sheet: 750 x 545 mm. (29 1/2 x 21 7/16 in.)
Image: 492 x 346 mm. (19 3/8 x 13 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of a MAD Gathering
Object Number
2017.383
From an edition ("edición especial") authorized by Siqueiros in 1956 that reproduced, in reverse, his 1936 lithograph "Black Woman (Profiles)" after his 1936 pyroxylin painting "Dama negra"
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2017; Monroe Denton, Brooklyn, NY, by purchase, 2014; Rago Auction House (unsold)
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Crossing Borders: Mexican Modernist Prints," November 19, 2017 - March 11, 2017.
Inscribed: Recto: lower left in graphite: "42-EE/50"; lower right in graphite: "DA Siqueiros / 1945" Verso: lower bottom in graphite: "CABEZA DE NEGRA"
Markings: WM: Montgolfier Recto: none; Verso: at lower right, stamped in black ink: "ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH"
