Blue Print of the Future (1943)
Oil on masonite, 30 x 48 inches, signed “de Diego” lower right.

Provenance: Estate of the artist.

Literature: Life Magazine March 11, 1946.
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Exhibited: McNay Art Institute, 1964.

In 1943 and 1944 De Diego painted his “Reconstruction” paintings. In the April 1951 issue of Art in America, the artist said: “These works are my reaction to the political powers who are converting peace into something inhuman and tragic. The cloak-and-dagger boys of high politics, in their gold-braided robes, plot the new world while standing amidst the ruins of the classical world they had helped destroy.”