Diego Rivera

Mexican (Guanajuato, Mexico, 1886 - 1957, Mexico City, Mexico)

Kneeling Child on Yellow Background (Mexican Girl-Child)

1927
painting | oil and wax on canvas
On view in the museum, second floor
Kneeling Child on Yellow Background (Mexican Girl-Child)
25 1/2 in. x 21 in. (64.77 cm x 53.34 cm)
Acquired 1991
Collection SFMOMA
Bequest of Elise S. Haas
© Banco de Mexico Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
91.179
Keywords

portraits, girls, children, necklaces, blouses, seated


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