'Rear Guard' (or 'On the Road'): men and women carrying rifles and children
Junto con Diego Rivera y David Alfaro Siqueiros, Orozco fue uno de los tres muralistas más influyentes de México. Esta estampa pertenece a una serie de litografías creadas por Orozco a partir del mural que realizó en 1926 en la Escuela Nacional Preparatoria de Ciudad de México. Hombres, mujeres y niños, algunos de ellos armados con rifles, representan probablemente a los soldados civiles que lucharon en la revolución. Las soldaderas —mujeres soldado— desempeñaron un papel fundamental en los combates y participaron en todas las facciones. La composición, en la que las figuras aparecen de espaldas y muy juntas, pone de relieve su identidad de grupo y su esfuerzo colectivo.
Artwork Details
- Title: 'Rear Guard' (or 'On the Road'): men and women carrying rifles and children
- Artist: José Clemente Orozco (Mexican, Ciudad Guzmán 1883–1949 Mexico City)
- Printer: George C. Miller (American, New York 1894–1965)
- Publisher: Weyhe Gallery, New York
- Date: 1929
- Medium: Lithograph
- Dimensions: Sheet: 15 3/8 × 21 5/8 in. (39 × 55 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1929
- Object Number: 29.63.4
- Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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