1933
crayon
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1933 crayon by José Clemente Orozco, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This sketch shows a close-up of a face with wild, curly hair and a beard. The eyes are wide open, and the mouth is slightly parted, giving a serious look. The lines are loose and quick, like they were drawn fast. The artist used crayon on special paper, which makes the lines soft but still clear. The hair looks almost like it’s moving, even though it’s just pencil strokes. Check out how the artist used chiaroscuro—that’s when light and dark create depth.
José Clemente Orozco (November 23, 1883 – September 7, 1949) was a Mexican caricaturist and painter, who specialized in political murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance together with murals by Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and others.
See the richer artist page
