Diego Rivera
Artist
Bernard Silberstein
(American, 1905–1999)
Dateabout 1940
Mediumtoned gelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet: 41.6 x 33.6 cm (16 3/8 x 13 1/4 in.)
mount: 51.8 x 40.5 cm (20 3/8 x 15 15/16 in.)
mount: 51.8 x 40.5 cm (20 3/8 x 15 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Markingsexhibition sticker on ver.
Credit LineSarah C. Garver Fund
Terms
Object number2003.121
Label TextRivera (1886–1957) was a leader of the Mexican Muralist Movement and husband of artist Frida Kahlo. His Communist ideals made him one of most controversial mid-century arists. The Museum of Modern Art in New York presented a retrospective of his work in 1931 and the following year he began a fresco series at the Detroit Institute of Arts. There he met Silberstein, a Cincinnati photojournalist.
Silberstein built an international reputation through photography assignments with outlets like National Geographic, The New York Times, and Time. He also became a regional Cincinnati celebrity in the 1950s for his weekly photography lectures on WLWT (Channel 5) television.
ProvenanceAnnex Galleries, Santa Rosa, CAOn View
Not on view
