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See the original at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco
The Flower Carrier
by Diego Rivera, 1935
Details
- Year
- 1935
- Medium
- Oil and tempera on masonite
- Size
- 121.9 × 121.3 cm (48 × 47 3/4 in)
Working in oil and tempera on masonite, Diego Rivera painted this powerful image of a laborer struggling under an enormous basket of flowers in 1935. The worker kneels while a woman helps steady the heavy load, a scene that speaks to the dignity and hardship of Mexican working people.
Rivera was one of Mexico's greatest muralists, famous for large-scale public works depicting Mexican society and history. This smaller easel painting captures themes central to his mural work: labor, social inequality, and the beauty found in everyday struggle.
It is one of SFMOMA's most recognized works, representing the museum's strong holdings in Mexican modernism.
