Study of Back of Figure for Migration (Panel 1) for The Epic of American Civilization
José Clemente Orozco, Mexican, 1883 - 1949
1932-1934
Ink on paper
Sheet: 20 × 12 1/4 in. (50.8 × 31.1 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
W.988.52.10
Geography
Place Made: Mexico, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Watercolor
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, lower right: 232; inscribed, on reverse, upper left: 1577; inscribed, on reverse, upper right: James A. Ballard, 15 East South St.; inscribed, on reverse, lower left: 1577; inscribed, on reverse, lower right: 1577, DC 4, 61.1788.44
Exhibition History
Drawings for the Orozco Murals at Dartmouth College, Baker Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 29, 1980.
Orozco: Studies for the Murals at Dartmouth, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, 1962-1963; unconfirmed international itinerary, 1964-1965.
Provenance
Artist; by descent to the Orozco Family, about 1949; purchased by the present collection, 1988.
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