id: 123899
accession number: 1944.417
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.417
updated: 2023-03-08 11:50:27.420000
Ruined House, 1929. José Clemente Orozco (Mexican, 1883–1949), published by Delphic Studios. Lithograph; image: 26.7 x 37.9 cm (10 1/2 x 14 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride 1944.417 © José Clemente Orozco / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico
title: Ruined House
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series:
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creation date: 1929
creation date earliest: 1929
creation date latest: 1929
current location:
creditline: Gift of Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride
copyright: © José Clemente Orozco / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico
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culture: Mexico, 20th century
technique: lithograph
department: Prints
collection: PR - Lithograph
type: Print
find spot:
catalogue raisonne: Hopkins 4; Orozco 11
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CREATORS
* José Clemente Orozco (Mexican, 1883–1949) - artist
* Delphic Studios - publisher
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measurements: Image: 26.7 x 37.9 cm (10 1/2 x 14 15/16 in.)
state of the work: I/I
edition of the work: edition of 100
support materials:
inscriptions:
inscription: signed at lower right, in pencil: José Clemente Orozco
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remark:
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America
opening date: 2020-03-14T04:00:00
A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 14-August 2, 2020).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Mrs. Malcolm McBride, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: ?-1944
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citations:
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1944-
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fun fact:
The stark detail featured in this lithograph contrasts with other portions of the mural it comes from, which presented a more optimistic view of the Mexican Revolution.
digital description:
Alongside David Alfaro Siqueiros and Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco became known as one of los tres grandes—the three great artists who aimed to develop a distinctively Mexican art after the country’s revolution. This lithograph relates to Orozco’s 1926 mural The Family, completed for the National Preparatory School in Mexico City. The detail featured here shows a man lying on barren ground near his relatives, presumably mourning the loss of his home and farmland during the political upheaval.
wall description:
Alongside David Alfaro Siqueiros and Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco became known as one of los tres grandes—the three great artists who aimed to develop a distinctively Mexican art after the country’s revolution. These two lithographs relate to Orozco’s 1926 mural The Family but offer strikingly different views of the subject. The top print shows a mother, child, and grandchild, emphasizing the continuity of Mexican culture. Below, however, a man lies on barren ground near his relatives, presumably mourning the loss of his home and farmland during the political upheaval. Printed in the United States several years later, these artworks presented the realities of the revolution to an unfamiliar audience.
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