Clowns (Payasos)
1944
Artist, Mexican, 1883 - 1949

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, drypoint and aquatint on wove buff paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 26.7 × 21.2 cm (10 1/2 × 8 3/8 in.)
sheet: 44.2 × 29.3 cm (17 3/8 × 11 9/16 in.) -
Accession
2012.92.585
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Catalogue Raisonné
Orozco 2004, no. 42
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; Gift to NGA, 2012.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1970
Orozco V., Clemente, Marrozzini, Luigi. Catalogo Completo de la Obra Grafica de Orozco. Puerto Rico, 1970: no. 42, only
2004
Orozco, Clemente. José Clemente Orozco, Graphic Work. Austin, TX, 2004: 42.
Inscriptions
below image, at right, in graphite: J. C. Orozco; above image, at center, in graphite, by later hand: 7.3; to right of image, in graphite, by later hand: 7.3; to left of image, in graphite, by later hand: 7.3; below image, at center, in graphite, by later hand: 11 ½
Wikidata ID
Q76557246