Head of Cortez for Cortez and the Cross (Panel 11) for The Epic of American Civilization

José Clemente Orozco, Mexican, 1883 - 1949

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1932-1934

Graphite on tracing paper

Sheet: 23 1/16 × 15 3/4 in. (58.5 × 40 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund

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

2016.32.21

Geography

Place Made: Mexico, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Drawing

Research Area

Drawing

Not on view

Inscriptions

Inscribed, in graphite, upper center: 3" [centered in vertical line]; inscribed, in ink, lower left: 85; on mount, inscribed, in graphite, lower left: 1377A

Provenance

The artist; by descent to Alicia del Rosario González Bonnin, Mexico City, Mexico; sold to present collection, 2016.

Catalogue Raisonne

Orozco family catalogue number: 1377

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