Iconic Images
Trapo negro [Black rag], Coyoacán, Mexico City, 1986.
Fruta prohibida [Forbidden fruit], Mexico City, 1976.
El ensueño [The dream], Historic Downtown, Mexico City, 1931.
La hija de los danzantes [The daughter of the dancers], Cholula, Puebla, Mexico, 1933.
Espejo negro [Black mirror], Mexico, 1947.
Muchacha viendo pájaros, Cholula, Puebla, México, 1931.
Sed pública [Public thirst], Tenancingo, State of Mexico, Mexico, 1933.
Obrero en huelga, asesinado [Striking worker, assasinated], Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1934.
Paisaje y galope [Landscape and gallop], San Martin Texmelucan, Puebla, Mexico, 1932.
Retrato de lo eterno [Portrait of the eternal], Mexico City, 1935.
Un pez que llaman sierra [A fish they call saw], Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, 1944.
La tolteca [The tolteca], Mexico City, 1929.
Los agachados [The crouched ones], Mexico City, 1934.
Parábola óptica [Optical parable], Historic Downtown, Mexico City, 1930’s.
Paper waves, Mexico City, 1926.
Xipe-tauro, Coyoacan, Mexico City Mexico, 1985.
La buena fama durmiendo [The good grace sleeping], Historic Downtown, Mexico City, 1938.
El umbral [The threshold], Mexico, 1947.
Calabaza y caracol [Pumpkin and snail], Mexico City, 1928.
Dos pares de piernas [Two pairs of legs], Mexico City, 1929.
Studies of Form
El pez grande se come a los chicos [The big fish eats the small fishes], Mexico City, 1931.
Jícamas desnudas [Naked jicamas], Mexico City, 1929.
Cacahuates [Peanuts], Mexico, 1920’s.
Aspecto exterior número trece [Exterior range number thirteen], Coyoacan, Mexico City, 1972.
Lucrecia, Mexico City, 1942.
Un poco alegre y graciosa [A little bit happy and funny], Mexico City, 1942.
Ruina de ruinas [Ruin of ruins], Mexico, 1930.
Pan nuestro [Our bred], Mexico City, 1929.
Mazorcas [Corn cobs], State of Mexico,1967.
Órgano de catedral [Cathedral organ], Mexico City, 1929.
Techos de Usila [Roofs from Usila], Usila, Oaxaca, 1964.
Luz restirada [Over streched light], México, 1944.
La chispa [The spark], Puebla, Mexico, 1935.
Los obstáculos [The obstacles], Mexico City, 1929.
De la serie: En un pequeño espacio [From the series: In a small space], Coyoacan, Mexico City, 1995.
Ensayo para la cámara bien afocada [Essay for the well focused camara], Mexico City, 1943.
La cita [The date], Paris, France, 1960.
Arena y pinitos, Ciudad de México, 1920s.
Caja en el pasto [Box on the grass], Coyoacan, Mexico City, 1976.
Maniquí con voz [Mannequin with voice], Mexio City, 1930’s.
Plátano planta I [Banana plant I], Coyoacan, Mexico City, 1974.
Magueyes heridos [Wounded magueyes], Mexico, 1950.
Punto final [Final point], Mexico City, 1973.
Violín huichol [Huichol violin], Sierra de Jalisco, 1965.
Manos en casa de Díaz [Hands in Díaz’s house], Coyoacan, Mexico City, 1976.
Los adioses [The goodbyes], Quito, Ecuador, 1984.
Aparición a las doce [Midnight apparition], Mexico City, 1968.
Las alambradas [The wired ones], Mexico, 1972.
Color
Brazo con margaritas [Arm with daisies], Mexico City, Mexico, 1945.
[Reeds used to make nets to catch mosquitoes from the lake, which are eaten by mockingbirds], Texcoco, State of Mexico, Meexico, 1963.
Colette, Mexico, 1964.
Como isla [Like island], Mexico, 1960.
Danza “La Coronela” [Dance “La Coronela”], Mexico, 1945.
Doris Heyden, Mexico, 1945.
Homenaje a Monet [Tribute to Monet], Netherlands, 1960.
Los toques [The touches], Mexico City, 1966.
Untitled, Mexico, 1960’s.
Pies sobre las rocas [Feet on the rocks], Mexico, 1960.
Untitled, Coyoacan, Mexico City, 1980’s.
Pedregal of San Francisco, Mexico, 1960’s.
Laurencia and Miguel, Mexico, 1950’s.
Naturaleza verdaderamente muerta [A true still-life], Mexico City, 1940’s.
Maudelle Bass, Mexico, 1947.
El color [The color], Mexico, 1966.
Untitled, Mexico, ca. 1945.
En la mañana [In the morning], Mexico, 1945.
Untitled, Mexico City, n.d. (Polaroid)
Genoveva and Manuel, Mexico City, ca. 1990. (Polaroid)
María Asúnsolo, Mexico City, 1950’s.
Oxidaciones en el casco de un barco [Rust on a ship’s hull], Netherlands, 1960.
Niña con nube [Girl with cloud], Mexico City, 1960’s.
Verde [Green], Mexico City, 1966.
Death
Antiguo osario, Rouen [Old ossuary, Rouen], Rouen, France, 1960’s.
Día de matanza, sábana grande [Slaugther day, large steak], Guerrero, Mexico, 1945.
Adorno de tumba [Grave’s ornament], State of Mexico, Mexico, 1971.
Calavera de estudiante, Ciudad de México, 1927.
Sepulcro traspasado [Transgress sepulcher], Mexico, 1934.
Panteón, visitación [To the cementery], Ixtlahuaca, State of Mexico, Mexico, 1964.
Ruina [Ruin], Puebla, Mexico, 1930’s.
Escala de escalas [Scale of scales], Mexico City, Mexico, 1931.
Retrato póstumo [Posthumous portrait], Guanajuato, Mexico, 1930’s.
Pájaro crepuscular que mecido por el viento [Twilight bird swayed by the wind], Mexico, 1940.
Tumba reciente [Recent grave], Veracruz, Mexico, 1937.
Tumba florecida [Flourish grave], Cordoba, Veracruz, Mexico, 1937.
Otra Señal [Other sign], Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, Mexico, 1956.
Otro barrio [Other neighborhood], Metepec, State of Mexico, 1932.
Por la lana y por borrego [For the sheep’s wool], Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico, 1932.
Tumba florecida, otra [Flowered grave, other], Mexico, 1937.
Enterramiento en Metepec [Burial at Metepec], Metepec, State of Mexico, Mexico, 1932.
Día de todos los muertos [All Dead’s Day], Mexico City, Mexico, 1932.
Coatlicue, Coyoacan, Mexico City, Mexico, 1987.
Campana y tumba [Bell and grave], San Pablito, Puebla, Mexico, 1936.
Portraits
Señorita Juaré [Miss Juaré], Barrio de San Blas, 1934.
Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexico, 1930’s.
Retrato múltiple, Pahuatlán, Puebla, 1930s.
Señor Presidente Municipal [Mr. Mayor], Sierra de Michoacán, Mexico, 1947.
Sergei Eisenstein, Mexico, 1931.
Silvestre Revueltas, Mexico, 1930’s.
Retrato con marco [Portrait with frame], Mexico City, 1933.
Lola Álvarez Bravo, Mexico, 1930’s.
Señor de Papantla [Man from Papantla], Veracruz, Mexico, 1934.
Niño Maya de Tulúm [Mayan kid from Tulúm], Quintana Roo, Mexico, 1942.
Judith van Beuren, Mexico, ca. 1940.
Juan Rulfo, Mexico, ca. 1950.
José Gorostiza, Mexico City, 1930’s.
Sasha Spector, Mexico, 1940’s.
Carlos Mérida, Mexico City, 1930’s
En el Templo del Tigre Rojo [In the Temple of the Red Tiger], 1949
Daily Life
Carnaval [Carnival], Mexico, 1984.
De la serie: Cuatro variaciones sobre un trapo blanco I [From the series: Four variations on a white cloth I], Coyoacan, Mexico City, 1960’s.
De la serie: Cuatro variaciones sobre un trapo blanco II [From the series: Four variations on a white cloth II], Coyoacán, Mexico City, 1960’s.
De la serie: Cuatro variaciones sobre un trapo blanco III [From the series: Four variations on a white cloth III], Coyoacán, Mexico City, 1960’s.
Andante con moto [Rider with motorcyvle], Mexico, 1997.
A la izquierda [To the left], Harlem, Holland, 1960.
El choque [The crash], Coyoacán, Mexico City, 1967.
Se solicita peinadora [Hairdresser needed], Mexico City, 1971.
El agua lejos [The far away water], Texcoco, State of Mexico, 1966.
Desde chiquito [From a small age], Coyoacán, Mexico City, 1968.
En todas partes [Everywhere], Harlem, Holland, 1960.
El niño de los cuentos [The boy from the stories], Mexico City, 1964.
Muchacho Pre olímpico [Pre olympic boy], Coyoacán, Mexico City, 1970.
Siempre caminando [Always walking], Coyoacán, Mexico City, 1960.
Las crinolinas [The crinolines], Historic Downtown, Mexico City, 1960’s.
Restauración [Restoration], Quito, Ecuador, 1984.
Animals
Alegres mañanas de Tlalpan [Happy mornings from Tlalpan], Mexico City, ca. 1945.
Cochinito negro [Black piggy], San Mateo Atenco, State of Mexico, ca. 1972.
Domingo de mar [Sea sunday], Veracruz, 1939.
Can de mar [Sea dog], Tecolutla, Veracruz, 1950.
El pájaro canta aunque la rama cruja [The bird sings while the branch cracks], París, 1960.
El pez grande se come a los chicos [The big fish eats the small ones], Mexico City, 1930.
Fábula del perro y la nube [Fable of the dog and the cloud], Mexico, 1930’s.
La trilla [The threshing], Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, 1935.
Los perros durmiendo ladran [Sleeping dogs bark], Milpa Alta, Mexico City, 1966.
La alcancía [The piggy bank], Mexico, 1945.
Tienda de aves [Bird shop], Mexico City, 1930’s.
Pez suspenso [Suspense fish], Mexico, 1930.
Torito y rehilete [Torito and pinwheel], Mexico, 1940’s.
Perro de mercado [Market dog], Mexico City, 1920’s.
Un caballo para pasear los domingos [A horse for sunday rides], State of Mexico, 1970.
Parvada en el mar [Flock on the sea], Coyutlán, Colima, 1939.
Women
Maternidad [Motherhood], Mexico City, 1948.
Baudelia, Oaxaca, 1934.
“Tres mujeres” [Three women]: Lola Álvarez Bravo, María Izquierdo, Isabel Álvarez Bravo, Mexico City, ca. 1930.
El eclipse [The eclipse], Mexico City, 1933.
Una muchacha en su ventana [A girl in her window], Harlem, Holland, 1960.
El Dextho, Hidalgo, Mexico, 1930.
Puesto de frutas [Fruit stand], Mexico, 1960’s.
Andar soñando [Walking in a dream], Coyoacán, Mexico City, 1974.
Ensayo de danza [Dance rehearsal], Mexico City, 1945.
Gran homenaje a las madres [Great homage to mothers], Papantla, Veracruz, 1964.
La tierra misma [Earth itself], Mexico, 1930’s.
Sueño de turista [Tourist dream], Mexico, 1945.
La hermosa alfarera [The beautiful potter], Mexico, 1930’s.
La holandesa [The dutch woman], Harlem, Holland, 1960.
María Asúnsolo, Mexico, 1930’s.
Para pasear al perro [To walk the dog], Holland, 1960.
Mujer en Saquisili [Woman in Saquisili], Saquisili, Ecuador, mayo de 1984.
Recuerdo de Atzompan [Memory from Atzompan], Atzompan, Oaxaca, 1943.
Mujer del Istmo peinando a Isabel Villaseñor [Woman from the Istmo combing Isabel Villaseñor], Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, 1930’s.
Margarita de Bonampak [Margarita from Bonampak], Bonampak, Chiapas, 1949.
Landscape
Choza, la tarde [Hut, the afternoon], Mexico, 1950’s.
Como siempre [As always], Texcoco, Mexico, 1965.
Primera soledad [First solitude], State of Mexico, 1956.
Tu superficie es el maíz, México, 1945.
La iglesita blanca, México, 1970s.
Siembra de magueyes, México, 1968.
El día seis conejo [Day six-rabbit], Mexico, 1940.
Ruinas y adobe [Ruins and adobe], Mexico, 1980’s.
El aspecto exterior primera parte [The exterior aspect first part], State of Mexico, 1971.
Paisaje Chamula [Chamula landscape], San Juan Chamula, Chiapas, 1972.
La quema II, Culhuacán, Estado de México, 1955.
Montaña negra, nube blanca, Puebla, México, 1970.
Ya mero, Texcoco, Estado México, 1968.
Barca y lirios, Texcoco, México, 1969.
Las bocas, Texcoco, México, 1962.
Paisaje cáctico, Hidalgo, México, 1969.
Otra orilla, Texcoco, México, 1964.
En las arenas del Paricutín, Michoacán, México, 1967.
Bicicletas en domingo, Texcoco, México, 1966.
Paisaje sódico, México, 1950s.
Architecture
Las margaritas, México, 1939.
Ventana a los magueyes, Estado de México, 1974.
Panteón romano, Arles, Francia, 1979.
Convento de Tepoztlán, Morelos, México, 1960s.
El laberinto descifrado (virtud), México, 1932.
Arquitectura, detalle 2, México, 1930s.
Media cuchara en domingo, Estado de México, 1972.
Yagul, Oaxaca, México, 1960s.
Vieja pared con ventana, Ciudad de México, 1930s.
Interior con fruta, México, 1930s.
Pared y caminantes, Ciudad de México, 1962.
Granero, México, 1980s.
En el Estado de Morelos, México, 1966.
Conisas, Ciudad de México, ca. 1930.
En Jerusalem, Israel, junio de 1983.
Escalera con barandal, Ciudad de México, ca. 1950.
Chozas chamulas, Chiapas, ca. 1972.
Ventana al coro, Tepoztlán, Morelos, 1936.
Dondestá la estrella, México, 1952.
