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Modern and Contemporary Mexican and Latino Art
The Modern and Contemporary Mexican and Latino Art Collection includes paintings, sculpture, photography, and works on paper by artists such as Diego Rivera, Carlos Mérida, Francisco Zuñiga, Rufino Tamayo, David Alfaro Siqueiros, José Clemente Orozco, Miguel and Rosa Covarrubias, Vicente Rojó and Rodolfo Morales, to name a few.

A large portion of this collection represents Mexican Modern Art. Mexican artists from this era reached international acclaim and inspired a break from the past in search of new forms of expression.


  
Tehuana

Miguel Covarrubias
Tehuana
c. 1930

Untitled (Mother with child)

Rosa Rolanda Covarrubias
Untitled (Mother with child)
c. 1945

Homage Bleu a Matisse

Jesús (Chucho) Reyes Ferreira
Homage Bleu a Matisse
20th century

Maternidad

Francisco Zúñiga
Maternidad (detail)
1972

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