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Loot

c. 1915

José Clemente Orozco

(Mexican, 1883–1949)
Culture
Mexico, 20th century
Medium
graphite, pen and black ink, and black and gray wash
Measurements
Sheet: 34.9 x 19 cm (13 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride 1943.538
Copyright
© José Clemente Orozco / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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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.
A horizontally oriented graphite and ink drawing depicts a group traveling left across a hilly landscape. Leading the procession, a man in stacked hats carries a rifle. Behind him, men in sombreros and a woman in a gown follow on foot and horseback. One rider holds an open, dark-edged parasol. In the foreground, two small dogs run alongside, while figures at the far right carry large bundles on their heads.

Loot

c. 1915

José Clemente Orozco

(Mexican, 1883–1949)
Mexico, 20th century

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