Marching Women
José Orozco
Description
Subject Matter:
Designed at the close of the Mexican Revolution, as the modern state of Mexico was established (1929). This design is reminiscent of his "Mexico in Revolution" drawings from earlier in the decade. Though there are soldiers represented here, the effects of war is depicted through the lives of the women who are left behind. The two figures on the left are left distressed, while the central figure, very literally, carries a heavy burden.
Physical Description:
Figures in front of a large planar wall. On the left, there is one seated female in a white cloack and one standing female in a black cloack. Both of these women's faces are visible. At the center, there is a women in a black cloack carrying two large sacs and walking towards the right. To her right, there are two man walking away in dark costumes, holding rifles and wearing white, wide-brimmed hat. On the far right, there is a women walking away and dressed in white with two hair-braids visible.
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