Clowns
José Clemente Orozco, Mexican, 1883 - 1949
1945
Ink on paper
Overall: 7 5/16 × 10 1/16 in. (18.5 × 25.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Marc F. Efron, Class of 1965, and Eric M. Efron
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico City
2013.72.15
Geography
Place Made: Mexico, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, lower right, in ink: J. C. Orozco.
Course History
SPAN 7.2, Transforming Public Space: Mural Art in Mexico and the United States, Douglas Moody, Winter 2015
Provenance
Collected in Mexico City, Meixco, late 1960's or early 1970's by Samuel Efron (1916-1997) and Hope Bachrach Newman Efron (1918-2013), Washington, D.C.; bequeathed to their sons, Marc F. Efron and Eric M. Efron, 2013; given to present collection, 2013.
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