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Desnudo Sentado (Bañista de Tehuantepac) [Seated Nude (Tehuantepec Bather)]
Primary
David Alfaro Siqueiros
(Santa Rosalía (now Ciudad Camargo), Mexico, 1896–Cuernavaca, Mexico, 1974)
Printer
George Charles Miller
(1894–1965)
NationalityMexican, North America
Date1931
MediumLithograph
DimensionsSheet: 22 11/16 × 15 13/16 in. (57.7 × 40.2 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Thomas Cranfill, 1966; Transfer from the Harry Ransom Center, 1983.43
Keywords
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1983.43
On View
Not on viewThe nude figure sits holding her knees close to her chest, her rounded profile topped by a prominent hairdo suggesting a female body. Also known as “Bañista de Tehuantepec,” the image may represent a Tehuana woman carrying a load on her head. David Alfaro Siqueiros achieved a highly textured surface through strong crosshatching patterns drawn with a crayon over the lithographic stone, which he then scraped away with a pointed tool. The result is a tense balance between the sculptural quality of the bather and the tense vibrant markings on the flat surface of the stone. The print was most likely made while Siqueiros was in Taxco, banned from leaving the town as punishment for his political activities. Unable to paint murals, he favored easel paintings and prints, often depicting massive figures that seemed crammed into a confined a space.
Exhibitions
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David Alfaro Siqueiros
1930
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