Mexican Peasants Working

Title: Mexican Peasants Working
Creator: Orozco, José Clemente (1883-1949)
Date: 1928 C.E.
Description: This commission shows the hardship of the peasant life of Mexicans. It portrays them carrying items from their job. The workers (men and women) are walking in the hot and dry desert to earn money. The men and women are walking with bags or items on their back making them lean downwards. The desert it filled with cactus, plants, dirt and rocks; showing the dryness the people are walking through. They work hard job to gain an earn to stay alive, since their lives were effected by the revolution and war. This commission shows the hardship of post-revolutionary war and how hard they are trying to stay alive.
Format: Lithograph on paper. 310 x 435 mm
Publisher: Art Institute of Chicago
Contributor: Adrianna sharp
Identifier: Art Institute of Chicago. 1982.426
Subject: People; men; women; moving; walking; carrying; hard labor; Plants; cactus; desert; dry; rocks; hot; mountains; long clothes; hutch over;
Source: Jpg file. Art Institute of Chicago. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/97430/mexican-peasants-working