Portrait of John Dunbar (Retrato de John Dunbar)

© Banco de México Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museum Trust. Reproduction of Diego Rivera governed by Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
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Portrait of John Dunbar (Retrato de John Dunbar)

Mexico, 1931
Paintings
Oil on canvas
Image (Image): 78 1/2 × 62 in. (199.39 × 157.48 cm) Frame: 80 1/2 × 64 1/4 × 2 in. (204.47 × 163.2 × 5.08 cm)
The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art (M.2006.213.1)
Latin American Art
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

John Atkinson Dunbar, a New York real estate mogul and good friend of Diego Rivera, is seated on an equipal, a traditional Mexican chair....
John Atkinson Dunbar, a New York real estate mogul and good friend of Diego Rivera, is seated on an equipal, a traditional Mexican chair. He is portrayed with sculpture in the style of West Mexican ceramics, pointing to Rivera's interest in the ancient traditions of Mexico. Ilona Katzew, 2008
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Bibliography

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