Via Crucis (Christ Carrying the Cross)
c. 1940
Artist
- José Clemente Orozco, 1883-1949
- Born: Jalisco
Country
Mexico
Object
painting
Accession Number
1983.241
Credit Line
Gift of Nancy Rogers and Edward D. Pierson in Memory of Mary Vandusen and Charles Bolles Rogers
José Clemente Orozco, Via Crucis (Christ Carrying the Cross), about 1940. Gouache paint on canvas; 33⅝ × 29½ in. Gift of Nancy Rogers and Edward D. Pierson in Memory of Mary Vandusen and Charles Bolles Rogers, 1983.241.
Dimensions
height: 33.625 in, 85.4075 cm; width: 29.5 in, 74.9300 cm
Department
Mayer Center, Latin American Art
Collection
Latin American Contemporary Art
Known Provenance
Commissioned from the artist in the 1930s by Mr. Charles Bolles Rogers (1884-1975), father of Mrs. Edward (Nancy) Pierson; by descent to Nancy Pierson; gifted 8 December 1982 (in memory of Nancy Van Dusen and Charles Bolles Rogers) by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Pierson of Denver, CO to the Denver Art Museum.
Exhibition History
- “Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism From the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection” — Denver Art Museum, 10/25/2020 – 1/17/2021
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