A hand printed woodcut image of a man with his arms tied behind his back
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Simplified, semi abstract shapes in black, printed on orange paper depict a man with his arms tied behind him as he walks away from us. We see him from behind, as he lurches forward, his head bowed down and his shoulders hunched up. His elbows meet behind his back where they are bound together by a coil of rope. He trudges forward down a road that recedes in the distance at upper right. The background on either side of the road is indicated by blocks of dark space patterned with short hashmarks.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.314.7
People
David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican (Chihuahua, Mexico 1896 - 1974 Cuernavaca, Mexico)
Title
A Man with His Arms Bound Behind Him
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: 13 Grabados
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1930-1931
Culture
Mexican
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/54185

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on thin orange wove paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 15.2 x 11.6 cm (6 x 4 9/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Permanent transfer from the Fine Arts Library, Harvard University, Transfer from Tozzer Library
Copyright
© David Alfaro Siqueiros / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.314.7
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Adriana Zavala, Mexico Beyond Its Revolution, Tufts University Art Gallery (Somerville, MA, 2010), pp. 14, 82-87, ill.

Exhibition History

  • Mexico Beyond Its Revolution, Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, 09/09/2010 - 11/14/2010
  • 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/18/2019 - 10/17/2019

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