Study of Pyramids for The Coming of Quetzalcoatl (Panel 5) for The Epic of American Civilization
José Clemente Orozco, Mexican, 1883 - 1949
1932-1934
Graphite on tracing paper
Overall: 17 7/8 × 24 in. (45.4 × 61 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
D.988.52.38
Geography
Place Made: Mexico, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Extensive measurements written on front; inscribed, on reverse, lower right: 61.1774.25, 240; inscribed, on reverse, lower left: 1314
Course History
SPAN 7, Transforming Public Space: Mural Art in Mexico and the US, Douglas Moody, Winter 2013
ARTH 16, LACS 48, Mexican Muralism, Mary Coffey, Spring 2012
ARTH 40.04, LACS 30.09, Mexicanidad: Constructing and Dismantling Mexican National Identity, Mary Coffey, Winter 2019
Provenance
Artist; by descent to the Orozco Family, about 1949; purchased by the present collection, 1988.
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