Diego Rivera, Man Controller of the Universe

by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

Diego Rivera, Man Controller of the Universe (or Man in the Time Machine), 1934, fresco, 4.85 x 11.45 m in the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City

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Rivera, Man Controller of the Universe, detail with Trotsky, Engels, and Marx

Rivera, Man Controller of the Universe (detail)

Rivera, Man Controller of the Universe, detail with Mayday parade past Lenin's tomb in Red Square

Rivera, Man Controller of the Universe, detail with Darwin

Rivera, Man Controller of the Universe, detail with rich and poor

Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City

Rivera, Man Controller of the Universe (detail)

Rivera, Man Controller of the Universe (detail of center)

Rivera, Man Controller of the Universe (detail)

Rivera, Man Controller of the Universe, detail with Lenin

Rivera, Man Controller of the Universe, detail with war

Rivera, Man Controller of the Universe, detail with wealthy women

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Cite this page as: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker, "Diego Rivera, Man Controller of the Universe," in Smarthistory, April 4, 2016, accessed January 17, 2020, https://smarthistory.org/diego-rivera-man-controller-of-the-universe/.