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Edward Weston

Portrait of José Clemente Orozco

Description

Maker

Edward Weston (American, 1886-1958)
Cole Weston (1919-2003)

Title

Portrait of José Clemente Orozco

Year

1930

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

silver print

Dimensions

24.1 x 19 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Titled on verso in pencil and the notation:Negative by Edward Weston Print by Cole Weston

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

71.117.1

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Facing Artists
Twentieth Century Portraits from the Collection
Feb 27, 2009 – Jul 31, 2009

Label copy

In 1923 Edward Weston left his California studio with photographer Tina Modotti and sailed to Mexico, where the two lived for three years, befriending many artists

of the emergent Mexican art movement, including Diego Rivera, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, and José Clemente Orozco (Mexican, 1883-1949). By 1928 Weston had

opened a portrait studio in Carmel, California, and in 1930 Orozco, one of the three most significant Mexican Muralists, was in California working on his first

American mural at Pomona College. In this photograph, Weston captured Orozco’s penetrating gaze, which echoes the critical intensity of his paintings.

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Edward Weston (American, 1886-1958)
Cole Weston (1919-2003)
Portrait of José Clemente Orozco, 1930
Gelatin silver print
24.1 x 19 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches)
Museum Works of Art Fund 71.117.1

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