Made for the Usa: Orozco´s Horrores de la Revolución

Resumen

This paper traces the development of a body of drawings by José Clemente Orozco known upon their commission as Los Horrores de la Revolución (1926-1928), and their relation to his murals at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, in light of the political pressures of the post-revolutionary regime in Mexico, and the demands of the New York art market.