Study of Two Heads of Indigenous Figures in Profile for The Coming of Quetzalcoatl (Panel 5) for The Epic of American Civilization, 1932-1934
José Clemente Orozco, Mexican, 1883 - 1949
1932-1934
Graphite on tracing paper
Sheet: 18 3/4 × 23 1/4 in. (47.7 × 59 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico City
2016.32.16
Geography
Place Made: Mexico, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in graphite, upper center: 2"; reverse, inscribed, in ink, lower left: A; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, lower left: 1321; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, lower right: 61.1774.2; reverse, inscribed, in ink, lower right: 33
Provenance
The artist; by descent to Alicia del Rosario González Bonnin, Mexico City, Mexico; sold to present collection, 2016.
Catalogue Raisonne
Orozco family catalogue number: 1321
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