Machines (Máquinas)

1935

José Clemente Orozco

Associated Names
José Clemente Orozco

Artist, Mexican, 1883 - 1949

The image shows an abstract composition of angular and curvilinear shapes. Some shapes resemble human faces. The piece mixes mechanical components with human expressions, contrasting organic and industrial forms.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 38.5 x 54.5 cm (15 3/16 x 21 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.99.26

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Orozco 2004, no. 26

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4740), purchased April, 1971; gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2004

  • Orozco, Clemente. José Clemente Orozco, Graphic Work. Austin, TX, 2004: no. 26.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 4/10; lower right in graphite: J. C. Orozco; lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand: "FRAGMENTS"; lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: VD-38 / msx; left edge in graphite by unknown hand: //EAE; upper right corner in graphite by unknown hand: 19 1/4 x 23 1/2

Markings

RCK stamp

Wikidata ID

Q76346676

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