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His interest in the human form developed at the Academy in Mexico City.

His accentuation of the angles of the body, its muscles and joints, can be seen throughout his career in his portrayal of the strong revolutionary body.

In addition, many works, especially in the 1930s, prominently feature hands, which could be interpreted as another heroic symbol of proletarian strength through work: his self portrait in prison ( El Coronelazo, 1945, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City ), Our Present Image ( 1947, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico ), New Democracy ( 1944, Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City ), and even his series on working class women, such as The Sob.