Diego Rivera: Murals for the Museum of Modern Art

by Leah Dickerman, Diego Rivera, Anna Indych-Lopez

Book Overview

The compelling story of how an art celebrity and icon of the Mexican left came to New York in 1931 to paint eight murals at The Museum of Modern Art

In 1931, Diego Rivera was the subject of The Museum of Modern Art's second monographic exhibition, which set new attendance records in its five-week run. The Museum brought Rivera to New York six weeks before the show's opening and gave him on-site studio space. There he produced...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870708171
• ISBN13: 9780870708176
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.3" x 10.7"