A hand printed woodcut image of a hammer and anvil
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Simplified, semi abstract shapes in black, printed on orange paper depict an anvil on a stand at center, in the extreme foreground. A large sledge hammer lies across it, its square head pointed away from us toward the upper right. A grid of squares that gets narrower at the top indicates the tile floor, receding behind the anvil. Although walls in the room are not rendered, they are implied by windows, one at left and one at right.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.314.6
People
David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican (Chihuahua, Mexico 1896 - 1974 Cuernavaca, Mexico)
Title
A Hammer Resting on an Anvil in a Tile-Floored Room
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: 13 Grabados
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1930-1931
Culture
Mexican
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/54186

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on thin orange wove paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 11.5 x 15.3 cm (4 1/2 x 6 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
2008.314.6
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), Cover, 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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