No. 9, Nature Morte Espagnole, 1915

East Building, Mezzanine — Gallery 217-B

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 90.5 x 110.5 cm (35 5/8 x 43 1/2 in.)

framed: 94.3 x 114.8 x 1.9 cm (37 1/8 x 45 3/16 x 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Katharine Graham

Accession Number

2002.19.1

Artists / Makers

Diego Rivera (painter) Mexican, 1886 - 1957

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Inscription

lower left in yellow paint with a stencil: DMR; upper left reverse, sideways: No 9 Nature / Morte / Espagnole / Rivera . 15

Provenance

The artist; (Modern Gallery, New York), in 1915; Agnes Ernst Meyer [1887-1970], Mount Kisco, New York, and Washington, D.C.; her daughter, Katharine Meyer Graham [Mrs. Philip Graham, 1917-2001], Washington, D.C.; her estate; bequest 2002 to NGA.

Associated Names

Graham, Katharine, Mrs.
Meyer, Agnes Ernst
Modern Gallery

Exhibition History

1916: Exhibition of Paintings by Cézanne, Van Gogh, Picasso, Picabia, Braque, Desseignes, Rivera, Modern Gallery, New York, February-March 1916, no. 17, as A Spanish Still Life.

1916: Exhibition of Paintings by Diego Rivera, Modern Gallery, New York, October 1916, no. 8, as Spanish Still-life.

1994: Loan to display with permanent collection, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., 1994.

2004: The Cubist Paintings of Diego Rivera: Memory, Politics, Place (Diego Rivera y el cubismo. Memoria y vanguardia), Natl. Gal. of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museo de Arte Mexico, Mexico City, 2004, fig. 8 (Washington brochure), unnumbered cat. (Mexico City)

2009: Marius de Zayas. Un destierro moderno., Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City, 2009, no. 60, repro.

2011: Diego Rivera, Cubista de la Academia a la Vanguardia 1907 - 1921, Museo del Patrimonio Municipal, Málaga; Casa de la Provincia, Seville, 2011, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2012: Frida & Diego: Passion, Politics and Painting, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 2012-2013, unnumbered catalogue, repro.