The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of October 1, 2023

Head of a Woman

1929

José Clemente Orozco

(Mexican, 1883–1949)

publisher

Delphic Studios

Mexico, 20th century

Lithograph

Image: 35.5 x 25.3 cm (14 x 9 15/16 in.)

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1941.507

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

Catalogue raisonné: Hopkins 5; Orozco 9

State: I/I

Edition: edition unknown

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

Orozco contemplated pursuing a career in architecture, agriculture, and engineering before ultimately deciding to become an artist.

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed at lower right, in pencil: José Clemente Orozco

Provenance
before 1941
(Weyhe Gallery, New York, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams, Cleveland, OH)
?-1943
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
1943-
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Catalogue of an exhibition of the art of lithography: commemorating the sesquicentennial of its invention, 1798-1948. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, November 11, 1948-January 2, 1949. Published as: Mexican Woman. Mentioned: p. 53 archive.org
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1941.507