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<p>[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 693537, member: 301"]lets start with the painting......</p><p>it's flat to the touch....& I figured printed....but the name was too much to walk away from....and it's a really nice image......</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]186337[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]186338[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]186339[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>it cost me $12.50.........</p><p>I've seen them on line for 250 to 500........</p><p><br /></p><p>full size canvas of.........aprox 27 x 27 inches.....</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b> <a href="https://en.wahooart.com/Art.nsf/Art_EN?Open&Complex&Query=%28%28[Champ1]=%22Diego%20Rivera%22%29%20AND%20%28%22Oil%22,%22Painting%22,%22Men%22,%22@Square@%22,%221925%22,%22AAAA55%22%29%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wahooart.com/Art.nsf/Art_EN?Open&Complex&Query=%28%28[Champ1]=%22Diego%20Rivera%22%29%20AND%20%28%22Oil%22,%22Painting%22,%22Men%22,%22@Square@%22,%221925%22,%22AAAA55%22%29%29" rel="nofollow">Diego Rivera</a> - <a href="https://en.wahooart.com/Art.nsf/Art_EN?Open&Complex&Query=%28%28[Champ1]=%22Diego%20Rivera%22%29%20AND%20%28[Champ7_EN]=%22Oil,%20Painting%22%29%20AND%20%28%22Men%22,%22@Square@%22,%221925%22,%22AAAA55%22%29%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wahooart.com/Art.nsf/Art_EN?Open&Complex&Query=%28%28[Champ1]=%22Diego%20Rivera%22%29%20AND%20%28[Champ7_EN]=%22Oil,%20Painting%22%29%20AND%20%28%22Men%22,%22@Square@%22,%221925%22,%22AAAA55%22%29%29" rel="nofollow">Oil, Painting</a> - <a href="https://en.wahooart.com/Art.nsf/Art_EN?Open&Complex&Query=%28%28[Champ1]=%22Diego%20Rivera%22%29%20AND%20%28[Champ36]=%22@Square@%22%29%20AND%20%28%22Men%22,%22Realism%22,%221925%22,%22AAAA55%22%29%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wahooart.com/Art.nsf/Art_EN?Open&Complex&Query=%28%28[Champ1]=%22Diego%20Rivera%22%29%20AND%20%28[Champ36]=%22@Square@%22%29%20AND%20%28%22Men%22,%22Realism%22,%221925%22,%22AAAA55%22%29%29" rel="nofollow">48 x 47 cm</a> - <a href="https://en.wahooart.com/Art.nsf/Art_EN?Open&Complex&Query=%28%28[Champ31]=1925%29%20AND%20%28%22Diego%20Rivera%22,%22Men%22,%22Realism%22,%22@Square@%22,%22AAAA55%22%29%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wahooart.com/Art.nsf/Art_EN?Open&Complex&Query=%28%28[Champ31]=1925%29%20AND%20%28%22Diego%20Rivera%22,%22Men%22,%22Realism%22,%22@Square@%22,%22AAAA55%22%29%29" rel="nofollow">1935</a> - <i>(<a href="https://en.wahooart.com/Art.nsf/Art_EN?Open&Complex&Query=%28%28[Champ32]=%22Museum%20of%20Modern%20Art%20%28San%20Francisco,%20United%20States%29%22%29%20AND%20%28%22Diego%20Rivera%22,%22Men%22,%221925%22,%22Realism%22,%22@Square@%22,%22AAAA55%22%29%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wahooart.com/Art.nsf/Art_EN?Open&Complex&Query=%28%28[Champ32]=%22Museum%20of%20Modern%20Art%20%28San%20Francisco,%20United%20States%29%22%29%20AND%20%28%22Diego%20Rivera%22,%22Men%22,%221925%22,%22Realism%22,%22@Square@%22,%22AAAA55%22%29%29" rel="nofollow">Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco, United States)</a>)</i> </b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>In 1935, Diego Rivera masterfully created ‘The Flower Carrier’ (known in its original language as ‘Cargador de Flores’). Like many of Rivera’s paintings, ‘The Flower Carrier’ imparts simplicity, yet exudes much symbolism and meaning. The vibrant colors are rubbed into the masonite, a most common method for painting on hard surfaces.</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>The colourful painting displays a peasant man in white clothing with a yellow sombrero, struggling on all fours with a dramatically oversized basket of flowers that is strapped to his back with a yellow sling. A woman, most likely the peasant’s wife, stands behind him trying to help with the support of the basket as he attempts to rise to his feet. While the flowers in the basket are strikingly beautiful to the viewer, the man does not see their beauty, but only their value as he carries them to the market for sale or exchange. The geometric shapes offer bold and intense contrasts, with each figure, item, and foliage illustrated to reflect individualism. Some believe that the enormous basket strapped to the man’s back is representative of the encumbrances of an untrained worker in a modern, capitalistic world. </b></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 693537, member: 301"]lets start with the painting...... it's flat to the touch....& I figured printed....but the name was too much to walk away from....and it's a really nice image...... [ATTACH=full]186337[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]186338[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]186339[/ATTACH] it cost me $12.50......... I've seen them on line for 250 to 500........ full size canvas of.........aprox 27 x 27 inches..... [SIZE=4][B] [URL='https://en.wahooart.com/Art.nsf/Art_EN?Open&Complex&Query=%28%28[Champ1]=%22Diego%20Rivera%22%29%20AND%20%28%22Oil%22,%22Painting%22,%22Men%22,%22@Square@%22,%221925%22,%22AAAA55%22%29%29']Diego Rivera[/URL] - [URL='https://en.wahooart.com/Art.nsf/Art_EN?Open&Complex&Query=%28%28[Champ1]=%22Diego%20Rivera%22%29%20AND%20%28[Champ7_EN]=%22Oil,%20Painting%22%29%20AND%20%28%22Men%22,%22@Square@%22,%221925%22,%22AAAA55%22%29%29']Oil, Painting[/URL] - [URL='https://en.wahooart.com/Art.nsf/Art_EN?Open&Complex&Query=%28%28[Champ1]=%22Diego%20Rivera%22%29%20AND%20%28[Champ36]=%22@Square@%22%29%20AND%20%28%22Men%22,%22Realism%22,%221925%22,%22AAAA55%22%29%29']48 x 47 cm[/URL] - [URL='https://en.wahooart.com/Art.nsf/Art_EN?Open&Complex&Query=%28%28[Champ31]=1925%29%20AND%20%28%22Diego%20Rivera%22,%22Men%22,%22Realism%22,%22@Square@%22,%22AAAA55%22%29%29']1935[/URL] - [I]([URL='https://en.wahooart.com/Art.nsf/Art_EN?Open&Complex&Query=%28%28[Champ32]=%22Museum%20of%20Modern%20Art%20%28San%20Francisco,%20United%20States%29%22%29%20AND%20%28%22Diego%20Rivera%22,%22Men%22,%221925%22,%22Realism%22,%22@Square@%22,%22AAAA55%22%29%29']Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco, United States)[/URL])[/I] In 1935, Diego Rivera masterfully created ‘The Flower Carrier’ (known in its original language as ‘Cargador de Flores’). Like many of Rivera’s paintings, ‘The Flower Carrier’ imparts simplicity, yet exudes much symbolism and meaning. The vibrant colors are rubbed into the masonite, a most common method for painting on hard surfaces. The colourful painting displays a peasant man in white clothing with a yellow sombrero, struggling on all fours with a dramatically oversized basket of flowers that is strapped to his back with a yellow sling. A woman, most likely the peasant’s wife, stands behind him trying to help with the support of the basket as he attempts to rise to his feet. While the flowers in the basket are strikingly beautiful to the viewer, the man does not see their beauty, but only their value as he carries them to the market for sale or exchange. The geometric shapes offer bold and intense contrasts, with each figure, item, and foliage illustrated to reflect individualism. Some believe that the enormous basket strapped to the man’s back is representative of the encumbrances of an untrained worker in a modern, capitalistic world. [/B][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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