Emiliano Zapata

Diego Rivera Mexican
Printer George C. Miller American
Publisher Weyhe Gallery, New York

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 691

Emiliano Zapata’s identity as a popular hero stems from his leadership in land ownership reforms at the beginning of the revolution. Created more than a decade after his 1919 assassination, this early print celebrates his legacy. Wearing radiant garments, Zapata stands over a fallen man who represents the tyranny of past conquerors. The print copies a small portable fresco that was itself based on a detail from a mural by Rivera at the Palace of Cortés in Cuernavaca, in the state of Morelos—Zapata’s home territory. It is one of a group of lithographs intended for the American market that Rivera made for the Weyhe Gallery in New York.



La identidad de Emiliano Zapata como héroe popular nace de su liderazgo en las reformas de la propiedad de la tierra al inicio de la revolución. Esta estampa temprana, creada más de una década después de su asesinato en 1919, rinde homenaje a su legado. Zapata, ataviado con ropas radiantes, aparece de pie sobre un hombre caído que representa la tiranía de los conquistadores del pasado. La estampa se copió de un pequeño fresco portátil basado en un detalle de uno de los murales de Rivera en el Palacio de Cortés de Cuernavaca, en el estado de Morelos, el territorio natal de Zapata. Pertenece a un grupo de litografías destinadas al mercado estadounidense que Rivera creó para la galería Weyhe de Nueva York.

Emiliano Zapata, Diego Rivera (Mexican, Guanajuato 1886–1957 Mexico City), Lithograph

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