The Epic of American Civilization: Migration (Panel 1)
José Clemente Orozco, Mexican, 1883 - 1949
1932-1934
Fresco
Overall: 126 1/2 × 105 in. (321.3 × 266.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Commissioned by the Trustees of Dartmouth College
P.934.13.1
Geography/Culture
North America, Mexico
Period
20th century
Object Name
Painting
Classification
Painting
On view
Inscription
Signed, east wall (Panel 11): J. C. Orozco / Febrero 13, 1934
Course History
Manton Foundation Annual Orozco Lecture: Jose Clemente Orozco and the Epic of ‘Greater America‘, Spring 2019
Exhibition History
Public Art, Reserve Corridor, Baker-Berry Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1934.
Publication History
series Mexican Art Abroad, Mexico: Grupo Azabache, September 1994.
Warren Carter, ed., Art after Empire: From Colonialism to Globalisation, Manchester: Manchester University Press in association with the Open University, 2018, pp. 84-89, ill. p. 86, fig. 2.23
Nichola Tucker, The Epic of American Civilization as Performative Epic: Student Viewers as Heroes and the Re-Enactment of History, The Collegiate Journal of Art, Spring 2008, Volume IV, 2008, pp. 97-110, ill. p. 99, fig. 2.
Master Works of Mexican Art in the World, Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Institute Matias Romero for Diplomatic Studies, 1993.
Mary K. Coffey, Sharon Lorenzo, Lisa Mintz Messinger, Stephen Polcari, Men of Fire, Jose Clemente Orozco and Jackson Pollock, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2012, ill. p.52; p.20, fig.41.
Katharine Baetjer, Lisa Mintz Messinger, Nan Rosenthal, The Jackson Pollock Sketchbooks in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997, ill. p. 65.
Jose Clemente Orozco: Pintura y verdad, Jalisco, Mexico: Instituto Cultural Cabanas, 2010, pp.166-181, ill. p.170.
Editorial Clio, Orozco segun Orozco, (Video-in Spanish), Delagacion Coyoacan, Mexico: Editorial Clio, 1998, approx. 43 minutes.
Class of 1994, Writing of Seniors, Voces - for class of 1998, 1994
Annette Carlozzi, "Might Could Be" in Terry Adkins Towering Steep, Hanover: Studio Art Exhibition Program, 2003, p.p. 8-10, ill. p. 8.
Provenance
Commissioned by the Trustees of Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1932.
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