Sleep

1932

Mexican, 1886-1957

Rivera, together with his fellow Mexican muralists José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros, influenced artists working for the American Public Works of Art Project and the Works Progress Administration during the years of the Great Depression—their works engaged themes of nationalism and sociopolitical issues.

This work offers an intimate glimpse at the lives of the working-class families in Mexico during times of great economic hardship. A family, huddled together in sleep, is surrounded by a sea of people also looking for respite.

Lithograph

matted: 20" x 24"

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

44.619

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Arte Grafica, Mexican Prints and Photographs, July 14, 1994 - Oct. 9,1994.

Eugene, Oregon, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Nuestra imagen actual: Mexico and the Graphic Arts 1925-1950, Oct. 3, 2020 - Feb. 14, 2021.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, American Art: The Stories We Carry, Oct. 20, 2022 - ongoing.

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