Man from Orizaba
Artist
Adolf Arthur Dehn
(American, 1895 - 1968)
Printer
Lawrence Barrett
(American, 1897 - 1973)
Date1941
MediumLithograph on paper
DimensionsOverall: 17 1/4 × 13 inches (43.82 × 33.02 cm)
Credit LineGift of John Hartzell Hoberg
Object number41-56/10
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Gallery LabelThe subject of Man from Orizaba—described in Dehn’s signature caricature-like style—stands before a field of agave. The snow-capped volcano Citlaltépetl, the highest mountain in Mexico, rises in the distance. In his 1950 book, How to Draw Prints and Lithographs, Dehn explained that he shaved the lithographic stone with a razor blade before applying the ink in order to create the wispy clouds over the valley.
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