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Diego Rivera, Montserrat, 1911, oil on canvas, Collection of Eugene and Agnes Meyer, Gift of their daughter Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz, 2001.112.1

Montserrat

Diego Rivera · 1911 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2001.112.1

An abstracted jug, bottles, shapes reminiscent of balled up paper or fabric, and a needle-like letter opener are gathered on a wood square in this horizontal still life painting. Rectangles in shades of corn yellow, violet purple, burgundy red-and-black checks, white, black, and spruce green splay out behind the objects like untidily stacked placemats. The brown jug is at the center, and an echo of its form in teal blue presumably represents a shadow. Portions of the jug, wooden board, and crumpled material shift color and pattern as they intersect or overlap with other areas. The artist’s initials, “DMR,” are stenciled in yellow in the lower left corner.
Diego Rivera, No. 9, Nature Morte Espagnole, 1915, oil on canvas, Gift of Katharine Graham, 2002.19.1

No. 9, Nature Morte Espagnole

Diego Rivera · 1915 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2002.19.1