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Loot

Loot

c. 1915
(Mexican, 1883–1949)
Mexico, 20th century
graphite, pen and black ink, and black and gray wash
Sheet: 34.9 x 19 cm (13 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride 1943.538
© José Clemente Orozco / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Orozco later created prints from some of the drawings in the series to which this sheet belongs, but retitled them with more marketable Mexico in Revolution.

Description

This drawing belongs to Horrors of the Revolution, a series in which José Clemente Orozco depicted violence during Mexico’s ongoing political conflict. Taking a disillusioned view toward the uprising—by then in its fifth year—the artist wrote that he did not “trust revolutions or glorify them” after witnessing events such as the one portrayed in this work. A caravan of figures, drawn in a caricatural style with exaggerated features, carry bundles of goods presumably taken from someone less fortunate.
  • ?-1943
    Mrs. Malcolm McBride, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    1943-
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Reed, Alma. José Clemente Orozco. New York: Delphic Studios, 1932. Mentioned and reproduced: n.p.
    Exhibition of Lithographs, Mural Studies, Photographs of Frescoes, Paintings, Drawings by Jose Clemente Orozco. Exh. Cat. La Porte, IN: Civic Auditorium, 1934. Mentioned: no. 39
    Fernández, Justino. Jose Clemente Orozco: Forma e Idea. Mexico: Libreria de Porrua Hnos. y Cia, 1942. Mentioned: p. 170
    Francis, Henry S. "'The Wounded Soldier' by Orozco." Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 42, no. 4 (April 1955): 61-63. Mentioned: p. 63
    Boyd, Bentley. “Exhibitions in 2020.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 60, no. 1 (January/February 2020): 15-17. Reproduced: P. 17.
  • A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 14-August 2, 2020).
    Directions in Drawing: 1750-1988. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991).
    Exhibition of Lithographs, Mural Studies, Photographs of Frescoes, Paintings, Drawings by Jose Clemente Orozco. Civic Auditorium, La Porte, Indiana (April 6 - April 29, 1934).
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