Diego Rivera Detroit Industry Murals Vase

Diego M. Rivera, Mexican, 1886-1957

Detroit Industry,North Wall, 1932-1933

Fresco

Gift of Edsel B Ford (33.10.N)

Detroit Institute of Arts

The Detroit Industry fresco cycle was conceived by Mexican muralist Diego Rivera (1886–1957) as a tribute to the city's manufacturing base and labor force of the 1930s. Rivera completed the twenty-seven panel work in eleven months, from April 1932 to March 1933. It is considered the finest example of Mexican mural art in the United States, and the artist thought it the best work of his career.