Hanged Black Men (Los Ahorcados, or Negroes)
Orozco created this print in New York in response to a request from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)— a civil rights organization—to contribute to its anti-lynching campaign. The subject resonates with Orozco’s personal beliefs, which he expressed in his autobiography, published in 1945: "the whole world is shaken and bloodied by racial hate." Adding to the graphic brutality of the lynching, the figures appear to be engulfed by flames emerging from the bottom of the image.
Artwork Details
- Title: Hanged Black Men (Los Ahorcados, or Negroes)
- Artist: José Clemente Orozco (Mexican, Ciudad Guzmán 1883–1949 Mexico City)
- Printer: George C. Miller (American, New York 1894–1965)
- Publisher: New York Contemporary Print Group
- Date: ca. 1933–1934
- Medium: Lithograph
- Dimensions: Sheet: 15 3/4 × 11 7/16 in. (40 × 29 cm)
Image: 12 13/16 × 8 7/8 in. (32.5 × 22.5 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Richard and JoAnn Edinburg Pinkowitz, 2024
- Object Number: 2024.69.60
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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José Clemente Orozco
1944
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1944
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