id: 127791
accession number: 1950.434
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.434
updated: 2023-03-08 14:59:15.963000
Three Generations, 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 The Print Club of Cleveland 1950.434 © José Clemente Orozco / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico
title: Three Generations
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creation date: 1929
creation date earliest: 1929
creation date latest: 1929
current location:
creditline: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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
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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
(Weyhe Gallery, New York, sold to the Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH)
date: ?-1950
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citations:
The Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1950
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1950-
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fun fact:
The optimistic detail featured in this lithograph contrasts with other portions of the mural it comes from, which presented a starker 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 mother, child, and grandchild, emphasizing the continuity of Mexican culture.
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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