Artist Monograph

José Clemente Orozco, Mexican

Mexican, 1883–1949

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	22	53.7%
Drawing	7	17.1%
Watercolor	4	9.8%
Other Media	4	9.8%
Oil Painting	3	7.3%
Tempera	1	2.4%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	37	90.2%
Painting & Sculpture	4	9.8%

Production by Decade

1920s

1930s

1940s

Classification Types

Print — 22
Drawing — 15
Painting — 4

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	38	92.7%
Large (1–3 m)	2	4.9%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	2.4%

Range: 30.8 cm → 548.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1935	1
1937	2
1940	14
1942	2
1944	1
1952	1
1954	6
1962	2
1969	1
1978	3
1985	1
2008	7

Mexican Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 41 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Feet (no. 2) Drawing Acc. 191.1940	(1923)	Charcoal on paper	10 3/4 x 17" (27.3 x 43.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Male Torso Drawing Acc. 192.1940	(1923)	Crayon on brown paper	25 1/4 x 18 3/4" (61.4 x 47.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
The Flag (La Bandera) Print Acc. 634.1978	1928	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 10 1/2 × 16 7/8" (26.6 × 42.9 cm); sheet (irreg.): 12 1/4 × 18 3/4" (31.1 × 47.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Henry Allen Moe, in memory of Dr. Henry Allen Moe
The Requiem (El Requiem) Print Acc. 1544.1940	1928	Lithograph	composition: 11 15/16 x 16" (30.4 x 40.6 cm); sheet: 14 3/16 x 19 3/16" (36 x 48.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
The Subway Painting Acc. 203.1935	1928	Oil on canvas	16 1/8 x 22 1/8" (41 x 56.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Vaudeville in Harlem (Teatro de Variedades en Harlem) Print Acc. 1545.1940	1928	Lithograph	composition: 11 15/16 x 15 7/8" (30.3 x 40.4 cm); sheet: 13 3/4 x 17 13/16" (35 x 45.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Marching Women Print Acc. 1552.1940	1929	Lithograph	composition: 11 1/16 × 17 15/16" (28.1 × 45.5 cm); sheet: 14 11/16 × 21 5/16" (37.3 × 54.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Mexican Landscape Print Acc. 1553.1940	1929	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 12 11/16 × 17 5/16" (32.3 × 43.9 cm); sheet: 15 3/4 × 22 1/2" (40 × 57.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Mexican Peasants Working (Maguayes y nopales) Print Acc. 463.1940	1929	Lithograph	composition: 12 1/8 × 17 1/16" (30.8 × 43.4 cm); sheet (irreg.): 15 15/16 × 22 13/16" (40.5 × 57.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Mexican Pueblo Print Acc. 1548.1940	1929	Lithograph	composition: 10 7/8 × 15 1/4" (27.7 × 38.8 cm); sheet: 15 15/16 × 22 1/8" (40.5 × 56.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Mexican Woman (Mujer mexicana) Print Acc. 141.1954	1929	Lithograph	composition: 14 x 9 15/16" (35.5 x 25.2 cm); sheet: 22 7/16 x 15 15/16" (57 x 40.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Rear Guard (La Retaguardia) Print Acc. 1547.1940	1929	Lithograph	composition: 13 15/16 × 18 11/16" (35.4 × 47.4 cm); sheet: 15 1/8 × 21 9/16" (38.4 × 54.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Ruined House (Casa arruinada) Print Acc. 143.1954	1929	Lithograph	composition: 12 13/16 × 18 1/16" (32.5 × 45.8 cm); sheet: 15 13/16 × 22 7/8" (40.2 × 58.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Soldier's Wife Print Acc. 142.1954	1929	Lithograph	composition: 15 13/16 x 9 15/16" (40.2 x 25.3 cm); sheet: 22 7/16 x 15 7/8" (57 x 40.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
The Franciscan (El Franciscano) Print Acc. 139.1954	1929	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 12 5/16 × 10 3/8" (31.3 × 26.4 cm); sheet (irreg.): 22 15/16 × 15 15/16" (58.2 × 40.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
The Maguey Print Acc. 1546.1940	1929	Lithograph	composition: 9 7/8 × 16" (25.1 × 40.6 cm); sheet: 12 × 18 7/16" (30.5 × 46.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Three Generations (Tres generaciones) Print Acc. 527.1984	1929	Lithograph	composition: 10 3/8 × 14 3/4" (26.4 × 37.5 cm); sheet: 15 13/16 × 22 11/16" (40.2 × 57.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dr. Samuel Mandel
Three Generations (Tres generaciones) Print Acc. 1551.1940	1929	Lithograph	composition: 10 3/8 × 14 3/4" (26.4 × 37.5 cm); sheet: 13 3/4 × 18 1/2" (34.9 × 47 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Grief (Aflicción) Print Acc. 285.1952	1930	Lithograph	composition: 12 1/8 x 10 1/8" (30.8 x 25.7 cm); sheet: 14 9/16 x 11 1/4" (37 x 28.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Hands (Manos) Print Acc. 140.1954	1930	Lithograph	composition: 16 13/16 x 9" (42.7 x 22.8 cm); sheet: 22 7/16 x 15 7/8" (57 x 40.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Barricade Painting Acc. 468.1937	1931	Oil on canvas	55 x 45" (139.7 x 114.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
Zapatistas Painting Acc. 470.1937	1931	Oil on canvas	45 x 55" (114.3 x 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
Composition study for Gods of the Modern World Drawing Acc. 86.1962	(c. 1932-34)	Crayon on paper	18 1/2 x 25 1/8" (46.9 x 63.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Clemente Orozco
Head of Quetzalcoatl (Study for the Dartmouth College Mural, "An Epic of American Civilization") Drawing Acc. 85.1962	(c. 1932-34)	Crayon on transparentized paper over colored paper	32 1/4 x 24 1/8" (81.7 x 61.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Clemente Orozco
Unemployed Print Acc. 1549.1940	1932	Lithograph	composition: 14 5/8 × 10 1/2" (37.1 × 26.7 cm); sheet: 19 15/16 × 13" (50.6 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
The Hanged Men from The American Scene, no. 1 Print Acc. 652.1940.6	1933–34, published 1935	One from a portfolio of six lithographs	composition: 12 11/16 x 8 15/16" (32.3 x 22.7 cm); sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 1/2" (40 x 29.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Dead Woman Print Acc. 654.1954	(1935)	Lithograph	composition: 12 5/16 x 17 1/8" (31.2 x 43.5 cm); sheet: 14 3/16 x 20 1/16" (36 x 51 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (by exchange)
Proletarians Print Acc. 87.1969	1935	Lithograph	composition: 12 3/8 x 16 1/2" (31.5 x 41.9 cm); sheet: 15 3/4 x 22 5/8" (40 x 57.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Elliot Cohn
The Masses Print Acc. 79.1944	1935	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 13 7/16 × 16 15/16" (34.1 × 43.1 cm); sheet: 16 15/16 × 20 7/8" (43 × 53.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Legs Drawing Acc. 755.1942	1938	Charcoal on gray paper	25 7/8 x 19 5/8" (65.7 x 49.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Dive Bomber and Tank Painting Acc. 1630.1940.a-f	1940	Fresco, six panels	Each 9' x 36" (275 x 91.4 cm), overall 9 x 18' (275 x 550 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Commissioned through the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Self-Portrait Drawing Acc. 605.1942	1940	Tempera on board, mounted on board	20 1/4 x 23 3/4" (51.4 x 60.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Studies for Dive Bomber and Tank Drawing Acc. 345.2008.1-6	1940	Six drawings: pencil, ink, and watercolor on paper	various ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Latin American and Caribbean Fund through gift of Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller and of Agnes Gund; and Richard S. Zeisler Bequest (by exchange)
Study for Dive Bomber and Tank Drawing Acc. 345.2008.1	1940	Pencil on paper	13 x 22" (33 x 55.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Latin American and Caribbean Fund through gift of Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller and of Agnes Gund; and Richard S. Zeisler Bequest (by exchange)
Study for Dive Bomber and Tank Drawing Acc. 345.2008.2	1940	Ink on paper	13 3/8 x 22" (34 x 55.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Latin American and Caribbean Fund through gift of Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller and of Agnes Gund; and Richard S. Zeisler Bequest (by exchange)
Study for Dive Bomber and Tank Drawing Acc. 345.2008.3	1940	Ink on paper	17 3/4 x 22" (45.1 x 55.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Latin American and Caribbean Fund through gift of Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller and of Agnes Gund; and Richard S. Zeisler Bequest (by exchange)
Study for Dive Bomber and Tank Drawing Acc. 345.2008.4	1940	Watercolor and pencil on paper	14 x 22" (35.6 x 55.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Latin American and Caribbean Fund through gift of Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller and of Agnes Gund; and Richard S. Zeisler Bequest (by exchange)
Study for Dive Bomber and Tank Drawing Acc. 345.2008.5	1940	Watercolor and pencil on paper	13 3/8 x 22" (34 x 55.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Latin American and Caribbean Fund through gift of Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller and of Agnes Gund; and Richard S. Zeisler Bequest (by exchange)
Study for Dive Bomber and Tank Drawing Acc. 345.2008.6	1940	Watercolor and pencil on paper	13 5/8 x 22" (34.6 x 55.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Latin American and Caribbean Fund through gift of Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller and of Agnes Gund; and Richard S. Zeisler Bequest (by exchange)
Crouching Model Drawing Acc. 141.1978	(1947)	Charcoal on paper	24 5/8 x 18 7/8" (62.5 x 47.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection
Clenched Fist Drawing Acc. 142.1978	(1948)	Crayon and charcoal on paper	24 3/8 x 19" (61.7 x 48.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection