Diego Rivera
Subtitle: murals for the Museum of Modern Art
By: Leah Dickerman, Anna Indych-López ; contributions by Anny Aviram, Cynthia Albertson, and Jodi Roberts
Contributors: Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957; Indych-López, Anna; Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art; Distributed in the U.S. by ARTBOOK/D.A.P.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9780870708176
Subjects: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.); Exhibitions; Mexican Mural painting and decoration
Description: A volume to accompany a contemporary exhibition looks at the five "portable murals" created by Mexican artist Diego Rivera in New York City for a major exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in December 1931.
Notes: "Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Diego Rivera-- Murals for the Museum of Modern Art', organized by Leah Dickerman, curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 13, 2011-May 14, 2012"--T.p. verso.

"This volume is published upon the eightieth anniversary of The Museum of Modern Art's first exhibition of the work of Diego Rivera, in 1931 ... [It is] devoted to the exploration of the mural panels Rivera created for that landmark show"--P. 7

Includes bibliographical references (p. 144) and index.
Table of contents: title: Leftist circuits  -- Leah Dickerson; title: Plates : notes  -- by Anna Indych-López. Indian warrior ; Sugar cane ; Liberation of the peon ; Agrarian leader Zapata ; The uprising ; Pneumatic drilling ; Electric power ; Frozen assets; title: Agrarian leader Zapata : creative process and technique  -- Anny Aviram and Cynthia Albertson; title: Selected chronology -- Jodi Roberts.