The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Ruined House
1929
(Mexican, 1883–1949)
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Image: 26.7 x 37.9 cm (10 1/2 x 14 15/16 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride 1944.417
© José Clemente Orozco / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico
Catalogue raisonné: Hopkins 4; Orozco 11
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
The stark detail featured in this lithograph contrasts with other portions of the mural it comes from, which presented a more optimistic view of the Mexican Revolution.Description
Alongside David Alfaro Siqueiros and Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco became known as one of los tres grandes—the three great artists who aimed to develop a distinctively Mexican art after the country’s revolution. This lithograph relates to Orozco’s 1926 mural The Family, completed for the National Preparatory School in Mexico City. The detail featured here shows a man lying on barren ground near his relatives, presumably mourning the loss of his home and farmland during the political upheaval.- ?-1944Mrs. Malcolm McBride, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH1944-Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 14-August 2, 2020).
- {{cite web|title=Ruined House|url=false|author=José Clemente Orozco, Delphic Studios|year=1929|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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