When Diego Rivera arrived in San Francisco in 1930 with his second wife, Frida Kahlo, he was already, to quote a newspaper article of the time, “the most talked-about artist on this side of the Atlantic.” Indeed, the artist’s murals in Mexico City were well known in the United States thanks to multiple publications including the 1929 book "The Frescoes of Diego Rivera". In 1930, several of Rivera’s paintings were included in the Mexican Arts exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Museum of Modern Art organized the first retrospective of the artist’s work in 1931. And in 1932 the Weyhe Gallery mounted a show of Rivera’s new lithographs, including "Self-Portrait", "Open Air School", and "Zapata".