The Epic of American Civilization: Symbols of Nationalism (Panel 16)
José Clemente Orozco, Mexican, 1883 - 1949
1932-1934
Fresco
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Commissioned by the Trustees of Dartmouth College
P.934.13.19
Geography
Place Made: Mexico, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
On view
Inscriptions
Signed, east wall (Panel 11): J. C. Orozco / Febrero 13, 1934
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.
Master Works of Mexican Art in the World, Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Institute Matias Romero for Diplomatic Studies, 1993
Editorial Clio, Orozco segun Orozco, (Video-in Spanish), Delagacion Coyoacan, Mexico: Editorial Clio, 1998, approx. 43 minutes.
Jose Clemente Orozco: Pintura y verdad, Jalisco, Mexico: Instituto Cultural Cabanas, 2010, pp.166-181, ill. p.176.
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.
Haynes and Garthwaite Architects of Norwich, VT, Website, Renovation Project images in the Orozco Room at Baker Library, that include overall views of the Orozco murals, (Museum quality LED lighting, a new ceiling to obscure the source of the mural lighting, task lighting and noise control, etc. were part of the project.), 2015.
Provenance
Commissioned by the Trustees of Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1932.
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