Study of Hand for Migration (Panel 1) for The Epic of American Civilization

José Clemente Orozco, Mexican, 1883 - 1949

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1932-1934

Graphite on tracing paper

Overall: 7 3/8 × 14 in. (18.7 × 35.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through gifts from Kirsten and Peter Bedford, Class of 1989P; Jane and Raphael Bernstein; Walter Burke, Class of 1944; Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Lombard, Class of 1953; Nathan Pearson, Class of 1932; David V. Picker, Class of 1953; Rodman C. Rockefeller, Class of 1954; Kenneth Roman Jr., Class of 1952 and Adolph Weil Jr., Class of 1935

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico City

D.988.52.13

Geography

Place Made: Mexico, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Drawing

Research Area

Drawing

Not on view

Inscriptions

Inscribed, in graphite, on reverse, lower left: 1290; inscribed, on reverse, lower right: 61.1771.17; inscribed, in ink, on reverse, lower right: 250

Course History

ARTH 16, LACS 48, Mexican Muralism, Mary Coffey, Spring 2012

Provenance

Artist; by descent to the Orozco Family, about 1949; purchased by the present collection, 1988.

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