Papers relating to the imprisonment of David Siqueiros, ca. 1962-1964.

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Papers relating to the imprisonment of David Siqueiros, ca. 1962-1964.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80737705

Letters, circulars, announcements, clippings and exhibition catalogs associated with the campaign of "The Independent" and the Artists' Committee to Free Siqueiros (New York) against the artist's imprisonment under Mexico's "social dissolution" laws. The collection includes signed corrected copies and one draft of Siqueiros' own statements on the subject and letters from his wife. With photographs of Siqueiros and his work and some biographical information.

2 folders.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8251134

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Thompson, A. K. (A. Keith)

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Siqueiros, David Alfaro

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David Alfaro Siqueiros was a leading member of the Mexican muralist movement and a technical innovator of fresco and wall painting. His ideological differences with Diego Rivera attracted much attention in the 1930s. From the description of David Alfaro Siqueiros papers, 1920-1991, bulk 1930-1936. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80149112 ...