Orozco, José Clemente. Rear Guard, 1929. 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. Copyrighted undefined.

Rear Guard

1929

José Clemente Orozco

José Clemente Orozco (Mexican, 1883–1949)

Prints

Rear Guard, 1929. José Clemente Orozco (Mexican, 1883–1949), printed by George C. Miller. Lithograph; image: 35.4 x 47.2 cm (13 15/16 x 18 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1950.436 © José Clemente Orozco / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico 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.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Orozco, José Clemente
Classification: Print
Formatted Medium: lithograph
Medium: lithograph
Dimensions: Image: 35.4 x 47.2 cm (13 15/16 x 18 9/16 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: signed at lower right, in pencil: José Clemente Orozco; initialed on stone, at lower right: J.C.O.
Departments: Prints
Accession Number: 1950.436
Credit Line: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
Exhibitions: Promenades, Pageants, Processions, and Pilgrimages, Images of War
Rights Statement: Copyrighted undefined