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- Detail of Diego Rivera "Detroit Industry" Mural, 1933 - In 1932, the Detroit Institute of Arts commissioned Diego Rivera to paint murals depicting the city's industrial activities. Rivera spent eight months creating 27 frescoes in the institute's interior courtyard. <em>Detroit Industry</em> incorporated scenes of automotive, medical, pharmaceutical, and chemical production. It also featured select portraits including Edsel Ford (left), who funded the murals, and DIA director Wilhelm Valentiner (right).
- 1933
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Detail of Diego Rivera "Detroit Industry" Mural, 1933
In 1932, the Detroit Institute of Arts commissioned Diego Rivera to paint murals depicting the city's industrial activities. Rivera spent eight months creating 27 frescoes in the institute's interior courtyard. Detroit Industry incorporated scenes of automotive, medical, pharmaceutical, and chemical production. It also featured select portraits including Edsel Ford (left), who funded the murals, and DIA director Wilhelm Valentiner (right).
- Diego Rivera at the Detroit Institute of Arts with John "Viscount Hastings," Clifford Wight and William Valentiner, 1932 - In 1932, the Detroit Institute of Arts commissioned Diego Rivera to paint murals depicting the city's industrial activities. The artist spent eight months creating the 27 frescoes in <em>Detroit Industry</em>. This photograph, taken during the project, shows (left to right) Viscount John Hastings and Clifford Wright, two of Rivera's students; Rivera; and DIA director Wilhelm Valentiner.
- 1932
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Diego Rivera at the Detroit Institute of Arts with John "Viscount Hastings," Clifford Wight and William Valentiner, 1932
In 1932, the Detroit Institute of Arts commissioned Diego Rivera to paint murals depicting the city's industrial activities. The artist spent eight months creating the 27 frescoes in Detroit Industry. This photograph, taken during the project, shows (left to right) Viscount John Hastings and Clifford Wright, two of Rivera's students; Rivera; and DIA director Wilhelm Valentiner.
- Letter from Frida Kahlo to Edsel Ford regarding Ricardo Arias Vinas, November 19, 1939 -
- November 19, 1939
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Letter from Frida Kahlo to Edsel Ford regarding Ricardo Arias Vinas, November 19, 1939