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The Franciscan and the Indian

Printer George C. Miller American
1929
Not on view
This print shows a Franciscan missionary embracing an Indian and is based on a detail from a mural that Orozco painted in the stairwell of the National Preparatory School in Mexico City between 1923 and 1926. Orozco was critical of Spanish colonialism, and this image might be intended to show an overbearing missionary crushing an emaciated individual, who, supporting himself with his hands, appears to be trapped. During the late 1920s and early 1930s, Orozco lived in the United States. He exhibited at the Weyhe Gallery and at Delphic Studios in New York, both of which published his prints.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Franciscan and the Indian
  • Artist: José Clemente Orozco (Mexican, Ciudad Guzmán 1883–1949 Mexico City)
  • Printer: George C. Miller (American, New York 1894–1965)
  • Publisher: Delphic Studios, New York
  • Date: 1929
  • Medium: Lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 22 5/8 × 15 15/16 in. (57.5 × 40.5 cm)
    Image: 12 5/16 × 10 7/16 in. (31.3 × 26.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Richard and JoAnn Edinburg Pinkowitz, 2024
  • Object Number: 2024.69.59
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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