Study of Feet for Cortez and the Cross (Panel 11) for The Epic of American Civilization
José Clemente Orozco, Mexican, 1883 - 1949
1932-1934
Graphite on tracing paper
Overall: 18 1/2 × 23 1/2 in. (47 × 59.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through gifts from Kirsten and Peter Bedford, Class of 1989P; Jane and Raphael Bernstein; Walter Burke, Class of 1944; Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Lombard, Class of 1953; Nathan Pearson, Class of 1932; David V. Picker, Class of 1953; Rodman C. Rockefeller, Class of 1954; Kenneth Roman Jr., Class of 1952 and Adolph Weil Jr., Class of 1935
Art © Estate of Jose Clemente Orozco / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
D.988.52.111
Geography
Place Made: Mexico, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, upper right: 21"; inscribed, lower left: borde; inscribed, lower right: Dartmouth, 34, borde; inscribed, on reverse, lower right: 61.1778.10, 82, 1390
Course History
ARTH 2, Introduction to the History of Art II, Joy Kenseth, Marlene Heck, Winter 2012
SART 22, Figure Drawing, Brenda Garand, Winter 2015
SART 22, Figure Drawing, Jerry Auten, Winter 2020
Provenance
Artist; by descent to the Orozco Family, about 1949; purchased by the present collection, 1988.
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