id:			127793
accession number:	1950.436
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.436
updated:		2023-03-08 14:59:15.979000

Rear Guard, 1929. José Clemente Orozco (Mexican, 1883–1949), printed by George C. Miller. Lithograph; image: 35.4 x 47.2 cm (13 15/16 x 18 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1950.436 © José Clemente Orozco / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico 

title:				Rear Guard
title in original language:	
series:				
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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
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catalogue raisonne: Hopkins 9; Orozco 4

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CREATORS

* José Clemente Orozco (Mexican, 1883–1949)  - artist

* George C. Miller  - printer

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measurements: Image: 35.4 x 47.2 cm (13 15/16 x 18 9/16 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; initialed on stone, at lower right: J.C.O.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Promenades, Pageants, Processions, and Pilgrimages
	opening date:   1981-08-25T04:00:00
	<i>Promenades, Pageants, Processions, and Pilgrimages</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 25, 1981-January 3, 1982).

	title:		Images of War
	opening date:   1991-11-05T05:00:00
	<i>Images of War</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1991-January 12, 1992).

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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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	The Print Club of Cleveland, 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 rear guard is the part of a military group tasked with protecting the main force from rear attacks. In this lithograph showing the Mexican Revolution, some members are even holding children.

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