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Grief (Mural Study)

1929

José Clemente Orozco

(Mexican, 1883-1949)

publisher

Delphic Studios

Mexico, 20th century

Lithograph

Image: 30.2 x 35.1 cm (11 7/8 x 13 13/16 in.)

Dudley P. Allen Fund 1930.243

© José Clemente Orozco / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico

Catalogue raisonné: Hopkins 34; Orozco 7

State: I/I

Edition: edition of 100

Impression: 56

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

In this print, Orozco incorporated the architecture of the building where the related mural was located in the form of a partial column along the left side of the image.

Description

José Clemente Orozco reinterpreted the mural projects he completed as commissions for the Mexican government as lithographs to share their imagery more widely. Orozco’s focus on universal emotions—such as grief, seen here—appealed to an especially broad audience. This print features a detail from murals that the artist created for the National Preparatory School in Mexico City.

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed at lower right, in pencil: J.C. Orozco; inscribed at lower left, in pencil: 56/100

Provenance
?-1930
(Korner & Wood Co., Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
1930-
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history

Prints of the Fifteenth to Twentieth Century from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 5-September 12, 1934).

A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 14-August 2, 2020).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1930.243