The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 27, 2023

Rear Guard

1929

José Clemente Orozco George C. Miller

(Mexican, 1883–1949)

Mexico, 20th century

Lithograph

Image: 35.4 x 47.2 cm (13 15/16 x 18 9/16 in.)

Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1950.436

© José Clemente Orozco / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico

Catalogue raisonné: Hopkins 9; Orozco 4

State: I/I

Edition: edition of 100

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

The rear guard is the part of a military group tasked with protecting the main force from rear attacks. In this lithograph showing the Mexican Revolution, some members are even holding children.

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed at lower right, in pencil: José Clemente Orozco; initialed on stone, at lower right: J.C.O.

Provenance
?-1950
(Weyhe Gallery, New York, sold to the Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH)
1950
The Print Club of Cleveland, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
1950-
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history

Promenades, Pageants, Processions, and Pilgrimages. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 25, 1981-January 3, 1982).

Images of War. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1991-January 12, 1992).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1950.436